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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. According to Steele, what did he have to remember and forget when writing?
(a) That he was poor.
(b) That he was white.
(c) That he was a man.
(d) That he was black.

2. As per Steele's thoughts, what type of work ethic is generally indicative of someone in the middle class?
(a) Doing just enough to get by.
(b) Hard working only when there is an immediate benefit.
(c) Hard working.
(d) Delegating all the work to someone else.

3. What prompted Steele to begin writing his first book?
(a) His boredom with life.
(b) His mother telling him that she thought he'd make a great writer.
(c) His infatuation with being a rich and famous author.
(d) Listening to two gentleman speak about race in a politically correct manner, rather than the truth.

4. Social policies, said Steele, should be geared toward what?
(a) Educational and economic development.
(b) Economic development ONLY.
(c) Hidden political agendas.
(d) Educational development ONLY.

5. In the university setting, who did Steele verbalize would not tell blacks what they think of their scholarships and not expect them to perform?
(a) Educators and administrators.
(b) Peers.
(c) Administrators ONLY.
(d) Educators ONLY.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one rejects responsibility, what does Steele say that individual is also rejecting?

2. What does Steele say would be the secret to writing this book, if there was such a a thing?

3. Steele believes some people have chosen what over race?

4. What is the race / ethnicity of Steele's wife?

5. What does Steele say is one of the downfalls of the 'black identity'?

(see the answer key)

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