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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.
2. Which word does Irving define as "a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group" (79)?
(a) Motto.
(b) Tenet.
(c) Culture.
(d) Community.
3. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?
(a) Immigrant.
(b) Slave.
(c) Indentured servant.
(d) African immigrant.
4. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?
(a) Landmarks.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Maps.
(d) Sounds.
5. 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 melting pot.
(c) A utopia.
(d) A mosaic.
6. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1970.
7. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
(a) Immutable.
(b) Distinct.
(c) Fluid.
(d) Superior.
8. Irving describes in Chapter 7: The GI BIll the way in which she came to view which object from her childhood in a negative light?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her church.
(c) Her bicycle.
(d) Her house.
9. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Psychologist.
10. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?
(a) Finger length.
(b) Foot length.
(c) Eye color.
(d) Hair color.
11. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Anne Bradstreet.
(c) Edmund Spenser.
(d) Noel Coward.
12. Irving states in Chapter 5: Within the Walls, "If I could turn back time and rewrite the script for those years, my parents would be deft at sharing with me the realities of American history, especially" what?
(a) The history of slavery.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The civil rights movement.
(d) Reconstruction.
13. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Denial.
(c) Silence.
(d) Ignorance.
14. Irving quotes Betsy Leondar-Wright in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, writing, "When it comes to culture, the only thing we all have in common is that we have one and that" (28) what?
(a) It is complex.
(b) It conquers our fears.
(c) It seals our fates.
(d) It shapes us.
15. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Farmers' Almanac.
(c) The Golden Rule.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
2. In Chapter 2: Family Values, Irving compares her childhood to paintings created by which famous artist?
3. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?
4. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?
5. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?
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