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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do blacks often perform on campus socially and academically, as per Steele's viewpoint?
(a) They are socially active but perform poorly academically.
(b) Socially and academically, they perform well.
(c) Socially and academically they perform poorly.
(d) They are socially inactive but perform well academically.

2. What did Steele say many blacks do with positive opportunities?
(a) Turn them into obstacles to development.
(b) Immediately pass them along to someone else.
(c) Take full advantage of them.
(d) They are never presented with positive opportunities.

3. What is Steele's view of how whites generally respond to positive opportunities?
(a) Avoid the trap of turning them into obstacles to development.
(b) Turn them into obstacles to development.
(c) They are never presented with positive opportunities.
(d) Immediately pass them along to someone else.

4. How does Steele define 'objective correlative'?
(a) When a negative emotion is tied to an objective event linked to racism.
(b) When a positive emotion is tied to an objective event linked to non-discrimination.
(c) When a positive emotion is tied to an objective event linked to racism.
(d) When a negative emotion is tied to an objective event linked to non-discrimination.

5. Steele articulated, whites 'discharging their duties to blacks however they can' is known as what?
(a) Escapism.
(b) Favoritism.
(c) Skepticism.
(d) Racism.

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

7. What did Steele say that many say is the purpose of affirmative action?
(a) Fight against subtle discrimination.
(b) Keep discrimination at its current state.
(c) Prove there never was the issue of discrimination.
(d) Increase discrimination.

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

9. In addition to the students, who did Steele say is responsible for racial conflicts on campus?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Administrators.
(d) Parents.

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

11. What reason did Steele give for why blacks sometimes exaggerate discrimination?
(a) To promote white guilt.
(b) In order to hold on to who they are - the black identity.
(c) To gain healing from the discrimination.
(d) Blacks do not exaggerate discrimination.

12. How does Steele think affirmative action truly be a positive thing?
(a) If only black females benefit from it.
(b) It is currently a true positive thing.
(c) If only blacks males benefit from it.
(d) If it takes the form of real equal opportunity.

13. What is one reason Steele gives for why oppression hurts?
(a) Frenemy-Memory.
(b) Enemy-Territory.
(c) Territory-Memory.
(d) Enemy-Memory.

14. What did Steele believe about his children benefiting from affirmative action?
(a) It could happen for them.
(b) It could never happen for them.
(c) It could only happen for both if Steele votes for a particular presidential candidate.
(d) It could only happen for one child.

15. Following Steele's philosophy, how many factors make up white guilt?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the status of poor blacks change, according to Steele's view?

2. What is one of the middle class values mentioned in Chapter 6?

3. Steele said social policies shout not be aimed at what?

4. In the university setting, who did Steele verbalize would not tell blacks what they think of their scholarships and not expect them to perform?

5. According to Chapter 6, what is an important quality of middle class citizens?

(see the answer keys)

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