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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. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?
(a) A sociologist.
(b) A social worker.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A physician.

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

3. Irving describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?
(a) Black.
(b) Latinx.
(c) White.
(d) Asian.

4. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?
(a) Maps.
(b) Landmarks.
(c) Sounds.
(d) Symbols.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?

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

4. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?

5. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?

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