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

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

3. 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) Caucasian.
(d) Systemic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?

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

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

5. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?

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