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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Steele, what do children generally notice first when they are matched up with children from other parts of the country or world?
(a) Cultural practices.
(b) Brands of clothing.
(c) Difference.
(d) Similarities.

2. According to Chapter 6, what is an important quality of middle class citizens?
(a) Donating to non-profit organizations.
(b) Saving.
(c) Spending as much as you can.
(d) Striving to make as much money as possible.

3. From Steele's experience, what happened to the black students in his college?
(a) Most of them dropped out.
(b) They all graduated.
(c) They all dropped out.
(d) There were no blacks at his school.

4. How does the message that 'blacks need help to get ahead' affect blacks, in Steele's opinion?
(a) It encourages them.
(b) It demoralizes them.
(c) It forces them to become rebellious.
(d) It makes them want to prove that point is true.

5. What is one of the middle class values mentioned in Chapter 6?
(a) Reinforcing personal irresponsibility.
(b) Reinforcing the community mindset.
(c) Reinforcing individualism
(d) Reinforcing personal responsibility.

6. Steele said, blacks falsely associate certain experiences with negative emotions, which is the creation of what?
(a) Unfounded correlatives.
(b) Subjective correlatives.
(c) Objective correlatives.
(d) False correlatives.

7. In the university setting, who did Steele verbalize would not tell blacks what they think of their scholarships and not expect them to perform?
(a) Educators and administrators.
(b) Administrators ONLY.
(c) Educators ONLY.
(d) Peers.

8. Social policies, said Steele, should be geared toward what?
(a) Educational development ONLY.
(b) Educational and economic development.
(c) Hidden political agendas.
(d) Economic development ONLY.

9. How did the status of poor blacks change, according to Steele's view?
(a) They began to identify more with the poor whites.
(b) They began to identify more with the black middle class.
(c) They began to identify more with the white middle class.
(d) They became the ultimate victims.

10. What did Steele say other blacks think of a black person who moves toward the middle class?
(a) They make proud the black race.
(b) They are moving away from being black.
(c) They are expected to give back to the black community.
(d) They will eventually fall back into poverty.

11. What did Steele say whites did to encourage the black power movement to begin?
(a) They told blacks to implement the movement.
(b) They increased their efforts against blacks.
(c) They implemented the white power movement.
(d) They started admitting racial guilt.

12. Being torn between middle class values and racial identity and excuses for bad behavior is defined as what by Steele?
(a) Double dutch.
(b) Double jeopardy.
(c) Double minded.
(d) Double bind.

13. What does affirmative action on college campuses strive to do to the attitudes of the white students, as per Steele?
(a) Understand them.
(b) Justify them.
(c) It does not serve a purpose to the attitudes of white students.
(d) Change them

14. In line with Steele's views, of the following, what played a vital role in the freedoms that came out of the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Close-mindedness.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Hostility.

15. In what year did the black power movement begin to rise?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did Steele say affirmative action has transformed equality?

2. What association did Steele say blacks need to stay away from?

3. The 'association' that Steele said blacks need to stay away from making, leads to what?

4. What did Steele say is the purpose of affirmative action?

5. What did Steele say is the Supreme Court's stance on racial preferences?

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