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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group do many blacks say 'failed to recognize' what Steele failed to recognize?
(a) Poor whites.
(b) Poor blacks.
(c) Wealthy whites.
(d) Middle class blacks.

2. According to Chapter 5, what do whites want to get rid of?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Black power.
(c) Racial tension.
(d) White power.

3. When someone uses their race to avoid addressing how he / she really feels about something, the person is engaging in what, said Steele?
(a) Denial.
(b) Racial expression.
(c) Truth.
(d) Race-holding.

4. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?
(a) All mankind.
(b) Individualistic whites.
(c) Individualistic blacks.
(d) Those who live under the 'white identity'.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Steele often accused of being?

2. What did Steele mention that black power produces?

3. According to Chapter 6, what is an important quality of middle class citizens?

4. In what type of setting did Steele experience discrimination and therefore the feeling of inferiority?

5. According to Steele, how do most whites view blacks in terms of equality?

(see the answer key)

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