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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. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?
(a) A psychiatrist.
(b) A social worker.
(c) A sociologist.
(d) A physician.

2. Irving states that American culture and government have always rejected the idea of America as what object?
(a) A city on a hill.
(b) A melting pot.
(c) A utopia.
(d) A mosaic.

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

4. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) White people.
(d) People of color.

5. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Farmers' Almanac.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Golden Rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?

2. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?

3. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?

4. Irving quotes Betsy Leondar-Wright in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, writing, "When it comes to culture, the only thing we all have in common is that we have one and that" (28) what?

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

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