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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does affirmative action on college campuses strive to do to the attitudes of the white students, as per Steele?
(a) It does not serve a purpose to the attitudes of white students.
(b) Understand them.
(c) Justify them.
(d) Change them

2. How did Steele say blacks tolerate those who had different views from them of what it meant to be black?
(a) Improved somewhat.
(b) Poorly.
(c) Remained unchanged.
(d) Very well.

3. After speaking to some of students, what does Steele learn is the true, underlying reason for campus racism?
(a) Racial inequality.
(b) Anxiety to racial equality.
(c) Students learned it from their parents.
(d) Competition for better grades.

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

5. Steele articulated, whites 'discharging their duties to blacks however they can' is known as what?
(a) Skepticism.
(b) Favoritism.
(c) Escapism.
(d) Racism.

6. What did Steele say may have been necessary to win the freedoms won during the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Racial tolerance.
(b) Racial tension.
(c) Racial identity.
(d) Racial intolerance.

7. What did Steele say many blacks do with positive opportunities?
(a) Take full advantage of them.
(b) They are never presented with positive opportunities.
(c) Turn them into obstacles to development.
(d) Immediately pass them along to someone else.

8. Steele said social policies shout not be aimed at what?
(a) Gender preferences.
(b) Religious preferences.
(c) Age preferences.
(d) Racial preferences.

9. What did Steele say is the purpose of affirmative action?
(a) Increase discrimination.
(b) Prove there never was the issue of discrimination.
(c) Keep discrimination at its current state.
(d) Decrease discrimination.

10. What did Steele say racial preference produces?
(a) Endurance.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Dependence on entitlements.
(d) Empathy.

11. In line with Steele's philosophy, moving away from racial preferences would do what in the black community?
(a) Stabilize power.
(b) Bring to light the fact that there never was power in the black community.
(c) Reduce power.
(d) Increase power.

12. How did Steele define black racial identity throughout the 60's?
(a) Self confident and chaotic.
(b) Somewhat chaotic and somewhat organized.
(c) Somewhat self conscious and somewhat self confident.
(d) Self conscious and organized.

13. In Chapter 8, how did Steele say blacks 'use' their race?
(a) As a justification of failure.
(b) As a source of power.
(c) As a crutch not to try anything new.
(d) As a source of shame.

14. Since the black power movement, what did Steele say much of social policy, with respect to blacks, was geared toward?
(a) Black redemption.
(b) Increased racist acts against blacks.
(c) White redemption.
(d) Increased racist acts against whites.

15. From Steele's experience, what happened to the black students in his college?
(a) Most of them dropped out.
(b) There were no blacks at his school.
(c) They all graduated.
(d) They all dropped out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, what is a factor of white guilt, per Steele's way of thinking?

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

3. As per Steele, as a result of the social policy change due to the black power movement, what was the status of race relations?

4. In addition to the students, who did Steele say is responsible for racial conflicts on campus?

5. What did Steele say that many say is the purpose of affirmative action?

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