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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 quotes Betsy Leondar-Wright in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, writing, "When it comes to culture, the only thing we all have in common is that we have one and that" (28) what?
(a) It seals our fates.
(b) It conquers our fears.
(c) It shapes us.
(d) It is complex.

2. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?
(a) People of color.
(b) White people.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Wealthy people.

3. What does the letter P stand for in the acronym WASP?
(a) Privileged.
(b) Patriotic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Passive.

4. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?
(a) Finger length.
(b) Eye color.
(c) Foot length.
(d) Hair color.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age did Irving graduate from college, effectively ending the unexamined part of her life?

3. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?

4. In Chapter 2: Family Values, Irving compares her childhood to paintings created by which famous artist?

5. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?

(see the answer key)

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