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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. In Chapter 15: The Whole Story, Irving warns the reader of the dangers associated with what types of stories?
(a) One-sided.
(b) Second-hand.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Fictional.
2. Irving states that skin color symbolism plus favoritism plus power equals which element?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Inequity.
(d) Systemic racism.
3. What sort of literary device does Irving use to stress the verbs "avoid" and "perpetuate" in relation to the "zap factor" (92)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Onomatopoeia.
4. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Democrats.
(c) White people.
(d) People of color.
5. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?
(a) A chiropractor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A dentist.
(d) An accountant.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
2. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
3. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
4. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?
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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss an instance when Irving uses statistics to back up one of her points regarding racism.
2. What was the Carlisle School and what effect did it have on the rest of the country?
3. Irving asserts that when which three elements are added together, they equal systemic racism?
4. What is Irving's purpose for including a lengthy explanation of her mother's overall kindness in Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
5. What major myth propagated within the population of Baby Boomers does Irving discuss in Chapter 4: Optimism?
6. What is the motivation for the dominant culture's stance regarding America as either a melting pot or a mosaic?
7. What is the significance of Jean Elliott's experimentation in 1968?
8. What is another term for inattentional blindness and what do the two terms mean?
9. Which characteristic did Irving's father stress above all others and why is this fact ironic?
10. What solution does Irving offer for creating a more complete picture of American history?
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