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

2. Which American generation is defined as having been born between the years of 1946 and 1964?
(a) Generation X.
(b) Baby Boomers.
(c) The Lost Generation.
(d) Generation Y.

3. Irving recalls in Chapter 5: Within the Walls that in her childhood world, problems were deemed what?
(a) All-consuming.
(b) Private.
(c) Incidental.
(d) Permanent.

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

5. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving states that American culture and government have always rejected the idea of America as what object?

2. In Chapter 4: Optimism, Irving finds significance in the fact that she did not live through which historical event?

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

4. In Chapter 2: Family Values, Irving compares her childhood to paintings created by which famous artist?

5. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?

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