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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. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

4. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?
(a) Unearned privilege.
(b) Microaggression.
(c) Passive racism.
(d) Blockbusting.

5. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
(a) New York City.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?

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

3. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Irving explore the origins of the desirability of white skin in Chapter 8: Racial Categories?

2. What major myth propagated within the population of Baby Boomers does Irving discuss in Chapter 4: Optimism?

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

4. What is another term for inattentional blindness and what do the two terms mean?

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

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

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

8. What is the motivation for the dominant culture's stance regarding America as either a melting pot or a mosaic?

9. What is Irving's purpose for including a lengthy explanation of her mother's overall kindness in Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?

10. For what purpose does Irving include an allusion to Norman Rockwell in Chapter 2: Family Values?

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