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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 president did Chapter 1 say Steele agrees with on many issues?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) George Bush, Sr.

2. What type of anxiety does Steele say is especially a problem for blacks?
(a) Religious.
(b) Racial.
(c) Political.
(d) Social.

3. Steele mentioned that which of the following 'spreads like spilled paint'?
(a) Intolerance.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Love.
(d) Overcaution.

4. Steele's view said that vulnerability affects what aspects of black life?
(a) Politics ONLY.
(b) Clothing styles and dance ONLY.
(c) Politics and clothing ONLY.
(d) Politics, clothing styles and dance.

5. Of Jesse Jackson, Steele said he addresses the feeling of powerlessness in the following way(s):
(a) Fully agrees.
(b) Sometimes agrees and ignores.
(c) Sporadically bargains and challenges.
(d) Always ignores.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of shock did Steele say individuals are said to be a part of when in mixed-race situations?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many of his friends was Steele sipping chardonnay with?

4. What did Steele say of the president mentioned in Chapter 1?

5. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. In line with Steele's experience, how are individualistic blacks received by those who have conformed to the 'black identity'?

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

3. Steele talks about forgetting that he is black while writing this book. What did he mean by that?

4. What effect did Steele say integration shock has on blacks' attitude about racism as a whole? How did he say it affects their individual attitudes?

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

6. Why did Steele say he was accused of being inauthentic? How do many blacks say Steele views the priority of the black race? Have other blacks followed in Steele's footsteps? If so, how and why?

7. How do whites act innocent when it comes to the racial struggle, as per Steele's opinion?

8. 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.

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

10. What did Steele mean when he said the discussion of race relations has become scripted?

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