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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37: Boxes and Ladders - Chapter 46: Whole Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what decade had "pale skin become a beauty ideal for white people, making its way into European art and literature" (57)?
(a) The 1720s.
(b) The 1860s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1790s.

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

3. A woman in the film Mirrors of Privilege uses an analogy including broken glass to underscore her point about what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Police brutality.
(d) Friendship.

4. What two symbolic objects are the tools of the either/or mindset, according to Irving?
(a) Chains and ropes.
(b) Pillows and blankets.
(c) Lamps and rugs.
(d) Boxes and ladders.

5. In the story Irving uses to open Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said, how old was she at the time?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?

2. In Chapter 41: From Bystander to Ally, Irving states that when it comes to racism, there is no such thing as what?

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

4. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?

5. Irving's project sought to help which kind of people living in inner-city areas?

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