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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Being Black and Feeling Blue, Black Hesitation on the Brink.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What president did Chapter 1 say Steele agrees with on many issues?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) George Bush, Sr.

2. What does Steele say would be the secret to writing this book, if there was such a a thing?
(a) He is only writing from an objective point-of-view.
(b) He is only writing from a subjective point-of-view.
(c) Politics plays a key role in the separation of race, of which he writes.
(d) Commence with the premise that all races are composed of humans.

3. Complete Steele's statement. 'Race indeed remains a source of white ____.'
(a) Shame.
(b) Honor.
(c) Problem.
(d) Power.

4. What did Steele say of the president mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) He gave the average white American a way to be innocent.
(b) He gave the average black American a way to be innocent.
(c) He proved the average white American was not innocent.
(d) He proved the average black American was not innocent.

5. Steele's daughter's name is which of the following?
(a) Rita.
(b) Pat.
(c) Loni.
(d) Melissa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Steele, accepting the negative feelings that others have towards another, generally promotes what two emotions for the 'victim'?

3. What did Steele learn about himself when writing The Content of Our Character?

4. What type of self-proclaimed identity did Steele say he developed as a result of feeling of inferior?

5. What is the reason for the accusation against Steele in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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