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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 skin color symbolism plus favoritism plus power equals which element?
(a) Privilege.
(b) Systemic racism.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Inequity.

2. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?
(a) Women.
(b) White.
(c) Weathered.
(d) Wealthy.

3. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
(a) Race: The Power of a Dream.
(b) Race: The Power of a Culture.
(c) Race: The Power of an Illusion.
(d) Race: The Power of a Community.

4. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Noel Coward.
(c) Edmund Spenser.
(d) Anne Bradstreet.

5. In what part of the country did Irving grow up, according to Chapter 5: Within the Walls?
(a) Northwest.
(b) Midwest.
(c) New England.
(d) Southwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does Irving define as "a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group" (79)?

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

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

4. In Chapter 15: The Whole Story, Irving warns the reader of the dangers associated with what types of stories?

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

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