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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. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Silence.
(c) Denial.
(d) Tolerance.

2. The activity at the end of Chapter 17: My Good People asks the reader to give reasons why they never believed that they could take which action in relation to racism?
(a) Fight.
(b) Address.
(c) Perpetuate.
(d) Dissolve.

3. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?
(a) All.
(b) Nearly everyone.
(c) Most.
(d) A select few.

4. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?
(a) Indentured servant.
(b) Slave.
(c) African immigrant.
(d) Immigrant.

5. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. In the story Irving uses to open Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said, how old was she at the time?

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

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