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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 describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York City.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

2. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A chiropractor.
(c) A dentist.
(d) An accountant.

3. At which institution was Dr. McIntosh teaching when she wrote an influential essay about white privilege?
(a) Princeton.
(b) William and Mary.
(c) Yale.
(d) Wellesley.

4. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) California.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Virginia.

5. 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 conquers our fears.
(b) It seals our fates.
(c) It shapes us.
(d) It is complex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?

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

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. The activity at the end of Chapter 4: Optimism asks the reader to think about "major economic, political, demographic, and pop culture trends" (35) that occurred how many years before their birth, through the age of 20?

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

(see the answer key)

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