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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. 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.

2. In which year did Irving choose a preschool for her eldest daughter?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2001.

3. Irving's first job after college was located in which city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

4. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Whiteness.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Assimilation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?

4. In Chapter 30: Feelings and the Culture of Niceness, Irving states that which element in her past caused her to face uncomfortable feelings by trying to escape from them?

5. In which U.S. state did an ancestor of Irving's establish New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

(see the answer key)

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