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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 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?
(a) The Jeffersons.
(b) Green Acres.
(c) I Love Lucy.
(d) Sanford and Son.

2. 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?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

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

4. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Years.
(d) Days.

5. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?
(a) Passive racism.
(b) Unearned privilege.
(c) Blockbusting.
(d) Microaggression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?

2. Kenneth Cushner's illustration of culture as an iceberg states that what percentage of culture is visible?

3. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

4. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?

5. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?

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