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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Recoloring of Campus Life, Student Racism, Academic Pluralism, and the End of a Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Steele believes some people have chosen what over race?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Moral principles.
(c) Popularity.
(d) Religion.

2. Of the following, what is a factor of white guilt, per Steele's way of thinking?
(a) Just being a member of the white race.
(b) The fact that statistically, many blacks are poor.
(c) The fact that statistically, many blacks are uneducated.
(d) Understanding of ill-gotten advantage.

3. How does Steele define the self-descriptions that justify one's fears?
(a) Holdings.
(b) Inflections.
(c) Portraits.
(d) Discoveries.

4. What did Steele mention that black power produces?
(a) White power.
(b) Racial harmony.
(c) White guilt.
(d) Black guilt.

5. When one rejects responsibility, what does Steele say that individual is also rejecting?
(a) Adulthood.
(b) A sense of pride.
(c) Education.
(d) A base of power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Steele say racial preference produces?

2. In Steele's mind, what undermines the struggles for freedom?

3. As per Steele, what produces ethnic balkanization?

4. What type of shock did Steele say individuals are said to be a part of when in mixed-race situations?

5. What is the race / ethnicity of Steele's wife?

(see the answer key)

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