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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 asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?
(a) A city on a hill.
(b) A melting pot.
(c) A mosaic.
(d) A black hole.

2. Which quality did Irving's father stress above all others throughout his children's childhoods?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Affection.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Honesty.

3. In the story Irving uses to open Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said, how old was she at the time?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. In which U.S. state did an ancestor of Irving's establish New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?
(a) California.
(b) Maine.
(c) Florida.
(d) Ohio.

5. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
(a) Privilege.
(b) Microaggressions.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Denial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?

2. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?

3. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?

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

5. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?

(see the answer key)

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