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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. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?
(a) Mary.
(b) Martha.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Lydia.

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

3. Irving states that American culture and government have always rejected the idea of America as what object?
(a) A melting pot.
(b) A utopia.
(c) A city on a hill.
(d) A mosaic.

4. By what decade had "pale skin become a beauty ideal for white people, making its way into European art and literature" (57)?
(a) The 1790s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1720s.
(d) The 1860s.

5. Kenneth Cushner's illustration of culture as an iceberg states that what percentage of culture is visible?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 60.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?

2. What term is used to describe the rule in which people of mixed races in America are assigned the identity of the race considered inferior by the dominant white culture?

3. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?

4. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?

5. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

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