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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
2. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?
3. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?
4. In what year did Dr. McIntosh write an essay called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (86)?
5. Which American generation is defined as having been born between the years of 1946 and 1964?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Irving describe the connotations associated with the quality of whiteness in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
2. What major myth propagated within the population of Baby Boomers does Irving discuss in Chapter 4: Optimism?
3. Describe one theme present within the epigraph presented at the beginning of Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race.
4. Compare and contrast the answer Irving's mother gave her in Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said with the answer Irving believes should have been delivered.
5. Discuss an instance when Irving uses statistics to back up one of her points regarding racism.
6. What message does Irving send in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class about the distinction between those two elements of society?
7. What solution does Irving offer for creating a more complete picture of American history?
8. What is another term for inattentional blindness and what do the two terms mean?
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 reason does Irving use an allusion to the television show I Love Lucy in Chapter 12: Icebergs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Irving sending about the nature and value of continually examining one’s own thought patterns and behaviors?
Essay Topic 2
What is Irving's message about the relationship between race and class within the book Waking Up White?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Irving's messages about motherhood within the text Waking Up White.
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