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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 32: Getting Over Myself, Irving speaks to those experiencing which symptom as a result of considering a courageous conversation?
(a) Hives.
(b) Jaundice.
(c) Tremors.
(d) Lethargy.

2. In Chapter 30: My Good People, Irving tries to rectify her concept of herself as a good person with her certainty that she has also been displaying which other quality?
(a) Xenophobia.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Cluelessness.

3. What term describes a form of help that disempowers the aided person or group?
(a) Messiah moment.
(b) Savior syndrome.
(c) Hero worship.
(d) Dysfunctional resucing.

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

5. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving, Irving describes Jane Elliott's experiments based around which element as a marker of status?

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

3. Which quality did Irving's father stress above all others throughout his children's childhoods?

4. For what type of broadcasting station did Irving begin working after college?

5. In which publication did an article about the shaping of the mind appear, according to Irving?

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