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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. At the conclusion of the introduction, who did Steele thank?
(a) His agent.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His parents.
(d) His dog.

2. Of the following, what did Chapter 4 say freedom brought for blacks?
(a) Love.
(b) Stresses.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Wealth.

3. What does Steele say is a bad source of recomposition for blacks?
(a) Graduating from institutions of higher learning.
(b) Learning ancestral roots.
(c) Black nationalism.
(d) White nationalism.

4. Which of the following is the 'greatest barrier to black progress', according to Steele?
(a) Government.
(b) Self-hatred.
(c) Education.
(d) Racism.

5. When one rejects responsibility, what does Steele say that individual is also rejecting?
(a) A sense of pride.
(b) Adulthood.
(c) Education.
(d) A base of power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?

2. In what profession is Steele's wife?

3. What is Steele's son's name?

4. Rather than doing away with racial insecurities, what type of state did Steele say many blacks fall into?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many of his friends was Steele sipping chardonnay with?

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