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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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-denial.
(b) Race-hatred.
(c) Race-uncertainty.
(d) Race-fatigue.

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

3. Steele stated that although some of his life experiences may be different from other races, what is true?
(a) He is of a superior race.
(b) There is nothing different in the processes that drive his mind.
(c) He should not be judged by his race.
(d) He is of an inferior race.

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

5. 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) Social.
(d) Mixed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steele say is a bad source of recomposition for blacks?

2. According to Steele, what do blacks many times 'overrate their sense of'?

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

4. According to Steele, what race is considered the most 'despised' race?

5. What two adjectives did Steele use to describe his editor?

Short Essay Questions

1. In order to explain issues specific to race, Steele said it was necessary for him to understand human universals. What was he talking about?

2. In Chapter 3, how did Steele say blacks deal with racial insecurities?

3. What are the three ways that Steele said integration shock manifests as segregation?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Steele say is the biggest hindrance of black progress? How can whites help?

5. According to Steele, the processes that drives one's mind are standard across racial / ethnic lines. Why is this an important observation?

6. How does Steele define the self-inflicted mindset of anti-self?

7. In Steele's opinion, why is the black, underclass group continually expanding?

8. According to Steele, how does black nationalism ultimately affect blacks?

9. Steele articulated, when blacks feel powerless in white society, they deal with it in one of two ways, by challenging or bargaining. Describe what he means by this.

10. What caused Steele to experience discrimination in a segregated school?

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