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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steele say about the vulnerability of blacks?
(a) They are racially vulnerable.
(b) They are socially vulnerable.
(c) They are racially and socially vulnerable.
(d) They are sexually vulnerable.

2. Steele mentioned that which of the following 'spreads like spilled paint'?
(a) Love.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Overcaution.
(d) Intolerance.

3. Which black group is continually expanding, According to Chapter 3?
(a) Underclass.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Upper middle class.
(d) Middle class.

4. What is Steele's view of how whites generally respond to positive opportunities?
(a) Immediately pass them along to someone else.
(b) They are never presented with positive opportunities.
(c) Turn them into obstacles to development.
(d) Avoid the trap of turning them into obstacles to development.

5. What did Steele say pride requires of blacks?
(a) It allows them to feel good about themselves without being accountable for their actions.
(b) It requires them to help other races acquire racial pride.
(c) It requires them to be accountable for their actions.
(d) It requires them to have a 'racist' attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Steele say about the main problem between races in America?

2. To what did Steele say affirmative action has transformed equality?

3. How did Steele define black racial identity throughout the 60's?

4. Who was Steele's editor for The Content of Our Character?

5. Steele said that being which of the following 'in no way spares one from being human'?

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