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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant - Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving asserts that letting go of her self-image ultimately made her feel which way?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Scared.
(c) Liberated.
(d) Courageous.

2. Irving cites the vast difference in how people of color and white people relate to which institution in America?
(a) Taxation.
(b) Education.
(c) Policing.
(d) Government.

3. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?
(a) A tech company.
(b) A dance company.
(c) A rideshare company.
(d) A paper company.

4. In which state did Irving attend an event advertised as being "by and for people of color" (141)?
(a) California.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Utah.

5. Irving discusses an article that revolves around which element's ability to shape the mind?
(a) Race.
(b) Political life.
(c) Language.
(d) Ethnicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving describes noticing the perpetual presence of which children sitting on benches in the principal's office?

2. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?

3. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?

4. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?

5. What term is used to describe the rule in which people of mixed races in America are assigned the identity of the race considered inferior by the dominant white culture?

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