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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do many blacks say Steele has failed to recognize?
(a) Priority of the white race.
(b) Superiority of the white race.
(c) Superiority of the black race.
(d) Priority of the black race.

3. Steele believes some people have chosen what over race?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Moral principles.
(c) Religion.
(d) Popularity.

4. Who was Steele's editor for The Content of Our Character?
(a) Bill White.
(b) Bill Thomas.
(c) Bob Jones.
(d) Tom Smith.

5. Steele said that blacks do not know how to do what?
(a) Accept individuals from other races.
(b) Ignore the racial tensions of the past.
(c) Be free.
(d) Forgive the racial tensions of the past.

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

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

8. Many blacks have chosen to feel what way, according to Steele?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Invincible.
(c) Insatiable.
(d) Inferior.

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

10. What did Steele's attitude say is true of racial discrimination?
(a) It was a political ploy, but never actually happened in America.
(b) It was necessary in order to keep order in America.
(c) It is no longer practiced in America.
(d) Some blacks claim racial discrimination in situations where it is not true.

11. What is the oldest formula of aggression, according to Steele?
(a) Love in spite of how one is being treated is the best policy.
(b) One's difference from another makes him / her bad, which justifies another's power over that person.
(c) If one mistreats another, that gives the other person the right to retaliate.
(d) Remain defensive in every situation to prevent being mistreated.

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

13. Steele mentioned that which of the following 'spreads like spilled paint'?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Overcaution.
(c) Love.
(d) Intolerance.

14. Steele said the only way to solve racial problems is to focus on what?
(a) Moral consciousness.
(b) Ethical consciousness.
(c) Sexual consciousness.
(d) Racial consciousness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It's Steele's belief that what creates a false reality for blacks?

2. What prompted Steele to begin writing his first book?

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

4. What did Steele say has declined for blacks with respect to whites?

5. What type of barrier did Steele say is the most powerful barrier blocking black progress?

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