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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. To what did Steele say affirmative action has transformed equality?
(a) A form of psychological engineering.
(b) A form of political engineering.
(c) A form of religious engineering.
(d) A form of social engineering.

2. How do blacks often perform on campus socially and academically, as per Steele's viewpoint?
(a) Socially and academically, they perform well.
(b) They are socially active but perform poorly academically.
(c) Socially and academically they perform poorly.
(d) They are socially inactive but perform well academically.

3. In Steele's opinion, in order to be effective, what must white guilt give way to?
(a) Hatred.
(b) White guilt must not give way to anything.
(c) Genuine concern.
(d) Perceived care, but not necessarily genuine.

4. The 'association' that Steele said blacks need to stay away from making, leads to what?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Introspection.
(d) Delusion.

5. What legislation passed when the black power movement began?
(a) Residence Act.
(b) Housing and Urban Development Act.
(c) Civil Rights Act.
(d) National Banking Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What racial group (s) did Steele point out is surrounded by objective correlatives?

2. What does affirmative action on college campuses strive to do to the attitudes of the white students, as per Steele?

3. Statistically, what group is much more likely to drop out of college?

4. What attitude did Steele say people take against the enemies of their minds?

5. According to Chapter 6, what is an important quality of middle class citizens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Steele say are the two factors that make up white guilt?

2. 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?

3. In what way did Steele say white guilt could be an effective means of rectifying racial issues?

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

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

6. How did Steele describe enemy-memory and how did he say it affects oppression?

7. According to Steele, how do objective correlatives affect blacks?

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. What opinion of blacks did Steele pen whites generally have?

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

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