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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said - Chapter 9: White Superiority.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1950.

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

3. How many million black American men fought in World War II?
(a) 9.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what decade had "pale skin become a beauty ideal for white people, making its way into European art and literature" (57)?

3. Which American generation is defined as having been born between the years of 1946 and 1964?

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

5. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?

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