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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The Melting Pot - Chapter 18: Color Blind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?
(a) Racist.
(b) Systemic.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Caucasian.

2. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?
(a) Rich.
(b) Exclusive.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Privilege.

3. Irving states in Chapter 5: Within the Walls, "If I could turn back time and rewrite the script for those years, my parents would be deft at sharing with me the realities of American history, especially" what?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) The civil rights movement.
(d) The history of slavery.

4. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?
(a) 17.3.
(b) 22.4.
(c) 2.4.
(d) 8.3.

5. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
(a) Race: The Power of a Community.
(b) Race: The Power of a Culture.
(c) Race: The Power of an Illusion.
(d) Race: The Power of a Dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?

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

3. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

4. The activity at the end of Chapter 4: Optimism asks the reader to think about "major economic, political, demographic, and pop culture trends" (35) that occurred how many years before their birth, through the age of 20?

5. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?

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