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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: My Good Luck - Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving's first job after college was located in which city?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

2. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. In Chapter 30: My Good People, Irving tries to rectify her concept of herself as a good person with her certainty that she has also been displaying which other quality?
(a) Cluelessness.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Xenophobia.

4. Irving found that which element creates a state of fear, which then puts people into survival mode?
(a) Deception.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Powerlessness.
(d) Confusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving states that skin color symbolism plus favoritism plus power equals which element?

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

3. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?

4. At which institution was Dr. McIntosh teaching when she wrote an influential essay about white privilege?

5. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?

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