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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. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?
(a) Blockbusting.
(b) Unearned privilege.
(c) Passive racism.
(d) Microaggression.

2. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2009.

3. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?
(a) White people.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) People of color.

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

5. Irving describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Latinx.
(d) Asian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Dr. McIntosh write an essay called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (86)?

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

3. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?

4. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?

5. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

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