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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. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Months.
(c) Days.
(d) Years.

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

3. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?
(a) Rich.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Exclusive.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?

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

3. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?

4. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?

5. Irving states in Chapter 5: Within the Walls, "If I could turn back time and rewrite the script for those years, my parents would be deft at sharing with me the realities of American history, especially" what?

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