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

2. Which word does Irving define as "a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group" (79)?
(a) Tenet.
(b) Community.
(c) Culture.
(d) Motto.

3. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?
(a) Junior high.
(b) High school.
(c) Graduate.
(d) Undergraduate.

4. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Teacher.

5. Irving discusses the process of freeing herself from the restraints of what type of etiquette?
(a) WASP.
(b) Educational.
(c) Table.
(d) Financial.

Short Answer Questions

1. The subtitle of Chapter 24: Everyone is Different; Everyone Belongs refers to "the power of" (148) which element?

2. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?

3. 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?

4. What kind of stores found themselves unable to keep up with demand in the wake of Barack Obama's election to the presidency?

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

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