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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Recoloring of Campus Life, Student Racism, Academic Pluralism, and the End of a Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the status of poor blacks change, according to Steele's view?
(a) They began to identify more with the poor whites.
(b) They began to identify more with the black middle class.
(c) They began to identify more with the white middle class.
(d) They became the ultimate victims.

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

3. Steele said social policies shout not be aimed at what?
(a) Age preferences.
(b) Religious preferences.
(c) Gender preferences.
(d) Racial preferences.

4. What is one of the middle class values mentioned in Chapter 6?
(a) Reinforcing personal responsibility.
(b) Reinforcing individualism
(c) Reinforcing the community mindset.
(d) Reinforcing personal irresponsibility.

5. Chapter 6 says that blacks should not be made to believe that their progress depends on whom?
(a) Their individual selves.
(b) The white group.
(c) The government.
(d) The black group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does affirmative action on college campuses strive to do to the attitudes of the white students, as per Steele?

2. According to Steele, what two ways do blacks generally handle the feeling of powerlessness?

3. Following Steele's philosophy, how many factors make up white guilt?

4. What did Steele mention that black power produces?

5. According to Chapter 5, what do whites want to get rid of?

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