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

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

3. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
(a) Race: The Power of a Dream.
(b) Race: The Power of a Community.
(c) Race: The Power of an Illusion.
(d) Race: The Power of a Culture.

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

5. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2003.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4: Optimism, Irving finds significance in the fact that she did not live through which historical event?

3. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?

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

(see the answer key)

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