View a FREE sample

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. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

2. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?
(a) White people.
(b) Democrats.
(c) People of color.
(d) Immigrants.

3. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Denial.
(c) Silence.
(d) Ignorance.

4. At which institution was Dr. McIntosh teaching when she wrote an influential essay about white privilege?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Wellesley.
(d) William and Mary.

5. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings does Irving have?

2. At what age did Irving graduate from college, effectively ending the unexamined part of her life?

3. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?

4. When Irving was not yet ready to examine her own white privilege, which other quality of her identity did she decide to start with?

5. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 232 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample