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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Affirmative Action, The Price of Preference.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which black group is continually expanding, According to Chapter 3?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Upper middle class.
(d) Underclass.

2. Steele said the only way to solve racial problems is to focus on what?
(a) Ethical consciousness.
(b) Racial consciousness.
(c) Moral consciousness.
(d) Sexual consciousness.

3. Steele stated that although some of his life experiences may be different from other races, what is true?
(a) He is of an inferior race.
(b) He should not be judged by his race.
(c) He is of a superior race.
(d) There is nothing different in the processes that drive his mind.

4. On college campuses, blacks many times engage in what type of behavior, in Steele's view?
(a) Self-sacrificing.
(b) Self-righteousness.
(c) Self-segregation.
(d) Self-satisfaction.

5. In terms of 'creating a black identity', what did Steele say is something that blacks engage in?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Compensatory grandiosity.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two adjectives did Steele use to describe his editor?

2. In line with Steele's views, of the following, what played a vital role in the freedoms that came out of the Civil Rights movement?

3. What did Steele mention that black power produces?

4. In Steele's opinion, in order to be effective, what must white guilt give way to?

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

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