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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. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?
(a) Chasm.
(b) Blind spots.
(c) Selective seeing.
(d) Obscured vision.

2. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) People of color.
(c) White people.
(d) Politicians.

3. Irving quotes Betsy Leondar-Wright in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, writing, "When it comes to culture, the only thing we all have in common is that we have one and that" (28) what?
(a) It is complex.
(b) It seals our fates.
(c) It shapes us.
(d) It conquers our fears.

4. When Jared climbed onto the magic step described in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations, he imagined that he had which position by the age of 25?
(a) President.
(b) Soccer player.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Football player.

5. How much management experience did Irving have when she was hired by a broadcasting station after college?
(a) A lot.
(b) A moderate amount.
(c) A little.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?

2. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?

3. At what age did Irving graduate from college, effectively ending the unexamined part of her life?

4. For what type of broadcasting station did Irving begin working after college?

5. Irving remarks that when she was Jared's age, she had already decided that she would be taking which action someday?

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