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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Steele believed that middle class blacks had to maintain how many sides of themselves?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

3. Chapter 6 says that blacks should not be made to believe that their progress depends on whom?
(a) Their individual selves.
(b) The white group.
(c) The government.
(d) The black group.

4. Statistically, what group is much more likely to drop out of college?
(a) African Americans.
(b) Africans.
(c) Asians.
(d) Caucasians.

5. According to Steele, how do whites often view blacks?
(a) As complainers.
(b) As a vital part of society.
(c) As equals.
(d) As non-existent.

6. In line with Steele's views, of the following, what played a vital role in the freedoms that came out of the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Hostility.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Close-mindedness.

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

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

9. What did Steele say is the Supreme Court's stance on racial preferences?
(a) It is continuing to practice it.
(b) It is moving away from it.
(c) Although it doesn't believe it is a vital part of society, it feels obligated to practice it.
(d) It never thought of racial preference as a vital part of society; and therefore never practiced it.

10. What did Steele say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged blacks to do?
(a) Only hang around black people.
(b) Work twice as hard.
(c) 'Act white'.
(d) Live out the stereotypes placed on them.

11. How does black advancement relate to individual responsibility, as said by Steele?
(a) It depends on it.
(b) There is no relation between the two.
(c) Individual responsibility is good, but black advancement is an unrealistic goal.
(d) Black advancement is admirable, but individual responsibility is not necessary.

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

13. What association did Steele say blacks need to stay away from?
(a) Associating the black race with poverty.
(b) Associating discrimination with American History.
(c) Associating the white race with success.
(d) Associating black development with eradicating discrimination.

14. What did Steele say whites did to encourage the black power movement to begin?
(a) They implemented the white power movement.
(b) They increased their efforts against blacks.
(c) They started admitting racial guilt.
(d) They told blacks to implement the movement.

15. What economic group did Steele say is often torn between middle class values and racial identity and excuses for bad behavior?
(a) Middle class whites.
(b) Poor blacks.
(c) Poor whites.
(d) Middle class blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. After speaking to some of students, what does Steele learn is the true, underlying reason for campus racism?

2. According to Chapter 5, what do whites want to get rid of?

3. How does Steele define 'objective correlative'?

4. As per Steele's thoughts, what type of work ethic is generally indicative of someone in the middle class?

5. What racial group (s) did Steele point out is surrounded by objective correlatives?

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