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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did consciousness change for blacks from the early 60's to the late 60's, in Steele's opinion?
(a) Sexual to ethical consciousness.
(b) Moral to racial consciousness.
(c) Ethical to sexual consciousness.
(d) Racial to moral consciousness.

3. What did Steele say about the main problem between races in America?
(a) They will easily be resolved with time.
(b) They are not just different in race, but compete in power.
(c) There are no problems between races, it's just a political ploy.
(d) Problems between races is essential to the stability of a country.

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

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

6. Methods of creating a black identity is also known as what, said Steele?
(a) Themes of reconciliation.
(b) Themes of recommendations.
(c) Themes of recognition.
(d) Themes of recomposition.

7. According to Chapter 2, many blacks are afraid to do what?
(a) Declare pride for their race.
(b) Expand their lives.
(c) Talk about slavery.
(d) Compete against whites for jobs.

8. What type of barrier did Steele say is the most powerful barrier blocking black progress?
(a) Financial.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Social.
(d) Physiological.

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

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

11. 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.

12. What type of shock did Steele say individuals are said to be a part of when in mixed-race situations?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Integration.
(c) Mixed.
(d) Social.

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

14. According to Steele, when an individual is tired of thinking in racial terms, he / she is said to have which of the following?
(a) Race-uncertainty.
(b) Race-fatigue.
(c) Race-hatred.
(d) Race-denial.

15. In how many ways did Steele say shock manifests as segregation?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Steele say of the president mentioned in Chapter 1?

2. According to Steele, accepting the negative feelings that others have towards another, generally promotes what two emotions for the 'victim'?

3. What does Steele say about the vulnerability of blacks?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many of his friends was Steele sipping chardonnay with?

5. What did Steele say he had to seek in order to explain 'racial specifics'?

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