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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 group of students did Steele penned often feels inferior?
(a) Whites.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Asians.
(d) College-aged.

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

3. Not demanding blacks to perform in a university setting is a type of what, as per Steele?
(a) Fundamentalism.
(b) Fraternalism.
(c) Maternalism.
(d) Paternalism.

4. What did Steele mention school campuses mainly focus on in terms of the students?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Number of students.
(c) Friendships formed.
(d) Development.

5. In Chapter 8, how did Steele say blacks 'use' their race?
(a) As a crutch not to try anything new.
(b) As a source of power.
(c) As a justification of failure.
(d) As a source of shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what did Steele say racism affected his college campus?

2. What did Steele believe about his children benefiting from affirmative action?

3. What did Steele say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged blacks to do?

4. Prior to what decade did Steele say middle class blacks often distinguished themselves from poor blacks?

5. What did Steele say he noticed on his college campus with regard to ethnic conflict?

Short Essay Questions

1. From Steele's experience, how do blacks from the poor class receive middle class blacks?

2. How does emotional vulnerability affect blacks, in Steele's opinion?

3. Describe the double-bind that middle class blacks many times fall victim to, according to Steele.

4. In Steele's mind, what would moving away from racial preference do to the black community with regard to power?

5. What is one association that Steele said blacks need to avoid?

6. Did Steele say that racial identity throughout the 60's changed? If so, how?

7. What was the dilemma Steele faced with regard to affirmative action and his children's education?

8. What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encourage black students to do? How did it affect the black students at Steele's school?

9. How did Steele say the status change of poor blacks affected the status of middle class blacks?

10. Growing up in the middle class, was Steele viewed differently from the way middle class were generally viewed? What term was given to the middle class?

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