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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 topic of discussion did Steele and his friends 'suddenly' bring up?
(a) Careers.
(b) Race.
(c) Sex.
(d) Relationships.

2. What does affirmative action on college campuses strive to do to the attitudes of the white students, as per Steele?
(a) Justify them.
(b) Change them
(c) It does not serve a purpose to the attitudes of white students.
(d) Understand them.

3. Who helped Steele in the overall writing of the book?
(a) His best friend, John.
(b) His former college professor.
(c) His student.
(d) His wife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Steele, accepting the negative feelings that others have towards another, generally promotes what two emotions for the 'victim'?

2. Growing up, Steele was in the middle class and was often viewed as what by poor blacks?

3. Who was Steele's editor for The Content of Our Character?

4. What did Steele say other blacks think of a black person who moves toward the middle class?

5. What is Steele often accused of being?

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