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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what profession is Steele's wife?
(a) Clinical psychology.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Law.
(d) Nursing.

2. What two adjectives did Steele use to describe his editor?
(a) Bright, hard-working.
(b) Firm, helpful.
(c) Sensitive, understanding.
(d) Caring, considerate.

3. What type of anxiety does Steele say is especially a problem for blacks?
(a) Racial.
(b) Religious.
(c) Political.
(d) Social.

4. Which black group is continually expanding, According to Chapter 3?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Underclass.
(c) Upper middle class.
(d) Wealthy.

5. Complete Steele's statement. 'Race indeed remains a source of white ____.'
(a) Power.
(b) Problem.
(c) Shame.
(d) Honor.

6. According to Steele's outlook, what controls how blacks react to their problems?
(a) Racial vulnerability.
(b) Sexual vulnerability.
(c) Mental vulnerability.
(d) Social vulnerability.

7. In what ways did Steele say blacks are excommunicated by their race when they create their own individual identity?
(a) Socially and culturally.
(b) Socially ONLY.
(c) Sexually.
(d) Culturally ONLY.

8. What is Steele's son's name?
(a) John.
(b) Shelby III.
(c) Eli.
(d) Mark.

9. How does Steele define the self-descriptions that justify one's fears?
(a) Inflections.
(b) Portraits.
(c) Discoveries.
(d) Holdings.

10. What period in time did Steele refer to as 'turbulent'?
(a) 50's.
(b) 80's.
(c) 70's.
(d) 60's.

11. What does Steele say is one of the downfalls of the 'black identity'?
(a) It does not promote individuality.
(b) It encourages segregation of schools.
(c) It does not accept people of other races in social settings.
(d) It lessens the number of religious institutions.

12. Steele's daughter's name is which of the following?
(a) Loni.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Pat.
(d) Rita.

13. In what way did Steele say 'black innocence affects society and the government?
(a) It doesn't affect society or government.
(b) It only affects the black community and allows it to feel superior.
(c) It requires them to implement change.
(d) It only affects the white community and makes it feel inferior.

14. When one rejects responsibility, what does Steele say that individual is also rejecting?
(a) A base of power.
(b) Education.
(c) Adulthood.
(d) A sense of pride.

15. What does Steele say is the first step to pursuing power?
(a) Conquering the victim.
(b) Violently protesting it.
(c) Convincing oneself that he / she is entitled to it.
(d) Engaging in formal training to make sure he / she can handle the power.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Steele, what did he have to remember and forget when writing?

2. What did Steele say pride requires of blacks?

3. Steele said blacks are many times threatened by the repentance of whom?

4. In terms of 'creating a black identity', what did Steele say is something that blacks engage in?

5. Of Jesse Jackson, Steele said he addresses the feeling of powerlessness in the following way(s):

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