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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant - Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The activity at the end of Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving asks the reader to think about a time when they were treated in what manner?
(a) Unfairly.
(b) Abominably.
(c) Suggestively.
(d) Preferentially.

3. How old was Irving when her aunt moved to Cambridge?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 18.

4. Irving advocates for which narrative to become one among many telling the story of America's history?
(a) Qualitative.
(b) Dominant.
(c) Quantitative.
(d) Marginalized.

5. What trait does Irving name as her husband Bruce's most prominent one?
(a) His skills in mathematics.
(b) His altruism.
(c) His ability to engage people.
(d) His honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?

2. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?

3. What emotion does Irving now feel toward the group who approached her to explain intent and effect?

4. In Chapter 2: Family Values, Irving compares her childhood to paintings created by which famous artist?

5. The subtitle of Chapter 33: Perception and Fear states, "The firt tiime I saw myself as white and" (199) what?

(see the answer key)

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