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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 does Steele say about the vulnerability of blacks?
(a) They are racially vulnerable.
(b) They are socially vulnerable.
(c) They are racially and socially vulnerable.
(d) They are sexually vulnerable.

2. In what type of setting did Steele experience discrimination and therefore the feeling of inferiority?
(a) Segregated grocery store.
(b) Segregated social club.
(c) Segregated school.
(d) Segregated church.

3. According to Steele, what do blacks many times 'overrate their sense of'?
(a) Worth.
(b) Belonging.
(c) Equality.
(d) Soul.

4. In what ways did Steele say blacks are excommunicated by their race when they create their own individual identity?
(a) Socially ONLY.
(b) Socially and culturally.
(c) Culturally ONLY.
(d) Sexually.

5. Who was Steele's editor for The Content of Our Character?
(a) Tom Smith.
(b) Bill Thomas.
(c) Bill White.
(d) Bob Jones.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rather than doing away with racial insecurities, what type of state did Steele say many blacks fall into?

3. Of the following, what did Chapter 4 say freedom brought for blacks?

4. What type of anxiety does Steele say is especially a problem for blacks?

5. When one rejects responsibility, what does Steele say that individual is also rejecting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Did Steele say racial discrimination is always used as a fair claim by blacks? Why or why not?

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

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

6. How did Steele mention individualism is powerful? What did he say it requires people to do? What could be the drawbacks of it?

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

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

10. Steele said the 60's were turbulent. What are two of the race related movements that took place in that decade?

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