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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Recomposed Self, More on Vulnerability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Chapter 2 say Steele worked in?
(a) Law.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Politics.

2. Rather than doing away with racial insecurities, what type of state did Steele say many blacks fall into?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Denial.
(c) Deep fear.
(d) Anger.

3. What does Steele say would be the secret to writing this book, if there was such a a thing?
(a) Politics plays a key role in the separation of race, of which he writes.
(b) Commence with the premise that all races are composed of humans.
(c) He is only writing from a subjective point-of-view.
(d) He is only writing from an objective point-of-view.

4. According to Steele, when an individual is tired of thinking in racial terms, he / she is said to have which of the following?
(a) Race-denial.
(b) Race-uncertainty.
(c) Race-fatigue.
(d) Race-hatred.

5. What does Steele say about the vulnerability of blacks?
(a) They are racially and socially vulnerable.
(b) They are socially vulnerable.
(c) They are racially vulnerable.
(d) They are sexually vulnerable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group do many blacks say 'failed to recognize' what Steele failed to recognize?

2. Steele said that being which of the following 'in no way spares one from being human'?

3. According to Chapter 2, many blacks are afraid to do what?

4. What type of shock did Steele say individuals are said to be a part of when in mixed-race situations?

5. It's Steele's belief that in what types of areas do blacks many times withhold effort?

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