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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. What is Steele often accused of being?
(a) Biased.
(b) Racist.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Inauthentic.

2. How did consciousness change for blacks from the early 60's to the late 60's, in Steele's opinion?
(a) Ethical to sexual consciousness.
(b) Sexual to ethical consciousness.
(c) Racial to moral consciousness.
(d) Moral to racial consciousness.

3. What profession did Chapter 2 say Steele worked in?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Politics.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

4. In terms of responding to racial insecurity, what did Steele comment blacks do with regard to names for themselves?
(a) Ask other races if they think the names make sense.
(b) Get rid of some.
(c) Create more.
(d) Make sure all non-blacks know what they are.

5. Which of the following is the 'greatest barrier to black progress', according to Steele?
(a) Education.
(b) Racism.
(c) Self-hatred.
(d) Government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompted Steele to begin writing his first book?

2. It's Steele's belief that in what types of areas do blacks many times withhold effort?

3. Steele said that being which of the following 'in no way spares one from being human'?

4. How did Steele say blacks address doubt?

5. In what state does Steele work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Steele, how is the struggle for racial power more of a struggle for innocence for blacks?

3. 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.

4. Why did Steele say race is a source of shame for blacks, but didn't say the same for whites?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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