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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. What did Steele say about the main problem between races in America?
(a) They will easily be resolved with time.
(b) They are not just different in race, but compete in power.
(c) Problems between races is essential to the stability of a country.
(d) There are no problems between races, it's just a political ploy.

2. How did consciousness change for blacks from the early 60's to the late 60's, in Steele's opinion?
(a) Ethical to sexual consciousness.
(b) Moral to racial consciousness.
(c) Racial to moral consciousness.
(d) Sexual to ethical consciousness.

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

4. What is the race / ethnicity of Steele's wife?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Chinese.
(c) African American.
(d) Caucasian.

5. How does black advancement relate to individual responsibility, as said by Steele?
(a) Black advancement is admirable, but individual responsibility is not necessary.
(b) Individual responsibility is good, but black advancement is an unrealistic goal.
(c) It depends on it.
(d) There is no relation between the two.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what profession is Steele's wife?

2. Being torn between middle class values and racial identity and excuses for bad behavior is defined as what by Steele?

3. According to Steele, what did he have to remember and forget when writing?

4. What did Steele say is true of white guilt?

5. What did Steele learn about himself when writing The Content of Our Character?

(see the answer key)

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