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

2. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Racist.
(c) Systemic.
(d) Caucasian.

3. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
(a) Fluid.
(b) Superior.
(c) Immutable.
(d) Distinct.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?

2. What does the letter P stand for in the acronym WASP?

3. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?

4. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?

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

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