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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The Melting Pot - Chapter 18: Color Blind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different categories does Betsy Leondar-Wright identify when she provides "a way of thinking about class" (30)?
(a) 7.
(b) 19.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Golden Rule.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Farmers' Almanac.

3. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?
(a) O'Neill.
(b) White.
(c) Putnam.
(d) Stevens.

4. 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.

5. When Irving was not yet ready to examine her own white privilege, which other quality of her identity did she decide to start with?
(a) Her status as a woman.
(b) Her status as a holder of a graduate degree.
(c) Her able-bodied status.
(d) Her status as a mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?

4. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?

5. How many siblings does Irving have?

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