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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: My Good Luck - Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which institution was Dr. McIntosh teaching when she wrote an influential essay about white privilege?
(a) Wellesley.
(b) Princeton.
(c) William and Mary.
(d) Yale.

2. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Edmund Spenser.
(c) Anne Bradstreet.
(d) Noel Coward.

3. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
(a) Boston.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York City.

4. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?
(a) Racist.
(b) Caucasian.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Systemic.

5. In what year did Dr. McIntosh write an essay called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (86)?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1968.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kenneth Cushner's illustration of culture as an iceberg states that what percentage of culture is visible?

2. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?

3. What sort of literary device does Irving use to stress the verbs "avoid" and "perpetuate" in relation to the "zap factor" (92)?

4. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?

5. Irving advocates for which narrative to become one among many telling the story of America's history?

(see the answer key)

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