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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. In Chapter 44: Listening, Irving notes the importance of taking what action in order to learn?
(a) Responding.
(b) Bearing witness.
(c) Reporting.
(d) Helping.

2. Five people of color and how many white men approached Irving to explain the difference between intent and effect?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. Irving states that American culture and government have always rejected the idea of America as what object?
(a) A city on a hill.
(b) A utopia.
(c) A melting pot.
(d) A mosaic.

4. When Irving was not yet ready to examine her own white privilege, which other quality of her identity did she decide to start with?
(a) Her status as a mother.
(b) Her status as a holder of a graduate degree.
(c) Her status as a woman.
(d) Her able-bodied status.

5. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?
(a) Nearly everyone.
(b) Most.
(c) A select few.
(d) All.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving asserts that she was only able to live on what meager salary per year because she could rely on family connections and support?

2. What type of item was used in the activity during which white participants became emotional?

3. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?

4. In Chapter 29: Intent and Impact, Irving compares a swimming pool to which other body of water?

5. Irving notes in Chapter 42: Solidarity and Accountability that tiny acts of what "keep alive in [her] a sense of purpose" (241)?

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