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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kenneth Cushner's illustration of culture as an iceberg states that what percentage of culture is visible?
(a) 60.
(b) 10.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

2. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Virginia.
(c) California.
(d) New Mexico.

3. In Chapter 15: The Whole Story, Irving warns the reader of the dangers associated with what types of stories?
(a) Second-hand.
(b) Fictional.
(c) Ancient.
(d) One-sided.

4. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
(a) Privilege.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Denial.
(d) Microaggressions.

5. At what age did Irving graduate from college, effectively ending the unexamined part of her life?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 24.
(d) 23.

6. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
(a) Distinct.
(b) Superior.
(c) Fluid.
(d) Immutable.

7. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
(a) The Farmers' Almanac.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Golden Rule.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.

8. What sort of literary device does Irving use to stress the verbs "avoid" and "perpetuate" in relation to the "zap factor" (92)?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Allusion.

9. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?
(a) A black hole.
(b) A city on a hill.
(c) A melting pot.
(d) A mosaic.

10. 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 able-bodied status.
(b) Her status as a holder of a graduate degree.
(c) Her status as a mother.
(d) Her status as a woman.

11. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Women.
(c) White.
(d) Weathered.

12. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

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

14. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?
(a) Foot length.
(b) Finger length.
(c) Eye color.
(d) Hair color.

15. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?
(a) The Jeffersons.
(b) I Love Lucy.
(c) Green Acres.
(d) Sanford and Son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?

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

3. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?

4. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?

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

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