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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. In Chapter 2: Family Values, Irving compares her childhood to paintings created by which famous artist?
(a) Andy Warhol.
(b) Norman Rockwell.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Rembrandt.

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

3. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Anne.

4. By what decade had "pale skin become a beauty ideal for white people, making its way into European art and literature" (57)?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1720s.
(c) The 1860s.
(d) The 1790s.

5. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?
(a) Anne Bradstreet.
(b) Edmund Spenser.
(c) Edmund Burke.
(d) Noel Coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

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

3. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?

4. When Irving was not yet ready to examine her own white privilege, which other quality of her identity did she decide to start with?

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

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