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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. In what state does Steele work?
(a) Texas.
(b) Montana.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

2. According to Steele's outlook, what controls how blacks react to their problems?
(a) Racial vulnerability.
(b) Social vulnerability.
(c) Sexual vulnerability.
(d) Mental vulnerability.

3. What dilemma did Steele face with affirmative action?
(a) When his company bid on a contract with the US Government, on one hand he thought it was fair, but on the other it was not.
(b) When he applied for a government position, on one hand he thought it was fair, but on the other it was not.
(c) When he applied for a corporate position, on one hand he thought it was fair, but on the other it was not.
(d) When his children applied to college, on one hand he thought it was fair, but on the other it was not.

4. What did Steele say is true of white guilt?
(a) There is no reason for it.
(b) It is openly practiced by all whites.
(c) The exhibition of racial anger by blacks is a factor of white guilt.
(d) Only descendants of slave owners experience this emotion.

5. What did an old professor of Steele's say?
(a) 'Education is key.'
(b) 'Practice what you preach.'
(c) 'Ideas themselves come a dime a dozen.'
(d) 'Charity begins at home.'

Short Answer Questions

1. It's Steele's belief that what creates a false reality for blacks?

2. Steele believes some people have chosen what over race?

3. What does Steele say about the vulnerability of blacks?

4. Not demanding blacks to perform in a university setting is a type of what, as per Steele?

5. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?

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