2. 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) Truth.
(c) Racial expression.
(d) Race-holding.

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

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

5. With regard to racial insecurity, blacks prove this by portraying what type of attitude about black pride, according to Steele?
(a) They are obsessed with it and make that well-known.
(b) They hate it, but act like they are very fond of it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They secretly love it, but act as if they hate it.

6. What did Steele say has declined for blacks with respect to whites?
(a) Income.
(b) Achievements.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Kindness.

7. Steele said that being which of the following 'in no way spares one from being human'?
(a) Educated.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Racist.

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

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

10. What does Steele say about the vulnerability of blacks?
(a) They are socially vulnerable.
(b) They are sexually vulnerable.
(c) They are racially vulnerable.
(d) They are racially and socially vulnerable.

11. In Steele's opinion, why do blacks avoid 'important opportunities'?
(a) They do not avoid 'important opportunities'.
(b) They are never in a position to engage in 'important opportunities'.
(c) They do not want to run the risk of failing.
(d) Other races forbid them from doing so.

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

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

14. What does Steele say would be the secret to writing this book, if there was such a a thing?
(a) He is only writing from an objective point-of-view.
(b) He is only writing from a subjective point-of-view.
(c) Commence with the premise that all races are composed of humans.
(d) Politics plays a key role in the separation of race, of which he writes.

15. In what type of setting did Steele experience discrimination and therefore the feeling of inferiority?
(a) Segregated grocery store.
(b) Segregated school.
(c) Segregated social club.
(d) Segregated church.