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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Steele say pride requires of blacks?
(a) It allows them to feel good about themselves without being accountable for their actions.
(b) It requires them to be accountable for their actions.
(c) It requires them to have a 'racist' attitude.
(d) It requires them to help other races acquire racial pride.

2. What did an old professor of Steele's say?
(a) 'Charity begins at home.'
(b) 'Practice what you preach.'
(c) 'Ideas themselves come a dime a dozen.'
(d) 'Education is key.'

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

4. What does Steele say must be shared between blacks and whites?
(a) Sensitivity.
(b) Love.
(c) Economic means.
(d) Responsibility.

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

6. Steele said blacks are many times threatened by the repentance of whom?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Their oppressors.
(c) Their alter-egos.
(d) Other blacks.

7. According to Steele, what two ways do blacks generally handle the feeling of powerlessness?
(a) Ignore or fully agree.
(b) Fully agree or challenge.
(c) Ignore or argue.
(d) Bargain or challenge.

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

9. For blacks, what is a method of handling freedom, per Steele's thoughts?
(a) Acting like it doesn't exist.
(b) Creating a black American identity.
(c) Writing and publicly performing songs that promote the freedom.
(d) Believing it exists but blacks are not entitled to it.

10. What prompted Steele to begin writing his first book?
(a) Listening to two gentleman speak about race in a politically correct manner, rather than the truth.
(b) His boredom with life.
(c) His mother telling him that she thought he'd make a great writer.
(d) His infatuation with being a rich and famous author.

11. In Steele's mind, what undermines the struggles for freedom?
(a) Living in predominantly white neighborhoods.
(b) Advancing from being poor to the middle class.
(c) Accepting defeat.
(d) Having Chinese friends, as a black person.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In terms of responding to racial insecurity, what did Steele comment blacks do with regard to names for themselves?

3. Of the following, what did Chapter 4 say freedom brought for blacks?

4. Who was Steele's editor for The Content of Our Character?

5. In what state does Steele work?

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