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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Steele said the only way to solve racial problems is to focus on what?

2. What president did Chapter 1 say Steele agrees with on many issues?

3. What does Steele say about the vulnerability of blacks?

4. Methods of creating a black identity is also known as what, said Steele?

5. On college campuses, blacks many times engage in what type of behavior, in Steele's view?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Steele quoted a former professor by saying, 'Ideas themselves come a dime a dozen.' Why is understanding this relevant to understanding this book?

3. What is Steele's opinion of the black identity?

4. Steele shared his thought that blacks use themes of re-composition to create black identity. What did he say are these themes?

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

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

7. 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?

8. As per Steele's philosophy, why do blacks many times avoid opportunities?

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

10. What tool do blacks use to create a tolerable, false sense of reality, in Steele's estimation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Steele said that integration shock produces a new form of segregation that takes three forms. What are those three forms? Define each form. What did Steele say eradicating these forms of segregation would lead to for blacks?

Essay Topic 2

Steele spoke of a new form of campus racism. Rather than students being concerned with racial inequality, they are bothered by the anxiety of racial equality. What is the anxiety of racial equality? What causes this anxiety? What is the result of the anxiety? How does affirmative action affect this anxiety?

Essay Topic 3

Steele mentioned the struggle for racial power is really a struggle for innocence. How do whites portray this innocence? How do blacks portray this innocence? Give specific examples mentioned in the book. How do the two racial groups believe the acquisition of innocence would benefit their own races?

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