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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. According to Steele, how do whites often view blacks?
(a) As non-existent.
(b) As complainers.
(c) As a vital part of society.
(d) As equals.

2. What did Steele say racial preference produces?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Dependence on entitlements.
(d) Endurance.

3. In line with Steele's philosophy, moving away from racial preferences would do what in the black community?
(a) Stabilize power.
(b) Increase power.
(c) Reduce power.
(d) Bring to light the fact that there never was power in the black community.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?

2. What president did Chapter 1 say Steele agrees with on many issues?

3. Not demanding blacks to perform in a university setting is a type of what, as per Steele?

4. Steele said that being which of the following 'in no way spares one from being human'?

5. How did Steele say Bill Cosby deals with the feeling of powerlessness?

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