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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2002.

3. In what year did Dr. McIntosh write an essay called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (86)?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1968.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2011.

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

5. 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 mother.
(c) Her status as a holder of a graduate degree.
(d) Her status as a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?

3. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?

4. Irving recalls in Chapter 5: Within the Walls that in her childhood world, problems were deemed what?

5. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which characteristic did Irving's father stress above all others and why is this fact ironic?

2. Irving asserts that when which three elements are added together, they equal systemic racism?

3. What singular conclusion does Irving draw about culture in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class?

4. What was the Carlisle School and what effect did it have on the rest of the country?

5. In what way does Irving use repetition to underscore the importance of her message in Chapter 14: Zap!?

6. How does Irving describe the connotations associated with the quality of whiteness in Chapter 9: White Superiority?

7. For what reason does Irving use an allusion to the television show I Love Lucy in Chapter 12: Icebergs?

8. How does Irving explain the difference between a mosaic and a melting pot?

9. Discuss an instance when Irving uses statistics to back up one of her points regarding racism.

10. In what area of the United States and in what kind of dwelling did Irving grow up?

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