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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?
2. The activity at the end of Chapter 17: My Good People asks the reader to give reasons why they never believed that they could take which action in relation to racism?
3. What term is used to describe the rule in which people of mixed races in America are assigned the identity of the race considered inferior by the dominant white culture?
4. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?
5. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is another term for inattentional blindness and what do the two terms mean?
2. Which characteristic did Irving's father stress above all others and why is this fact ironic?
3. How does Irving describe the connotations associated with the quality of whiteness in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
4. In what way does Irving use repetition to underscore the importance of her message in Chapter 14: Zap!?
5. Discuss an instance when Irving uses statistics to back up one of her points regarding racism.
6. What singular conclusion does Irving draw about culture in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class?
7. What is Irving's purpose for including a lengthy explanation of her mother's overall kindness in Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
8. Discuss the impact of the philosophy of colorblindness as it relates to the fight for social justice.
9. Compare and contrast the answer Irving's mother gave her in Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said with the answer Irving believes should have been delivered.
10. How does Irving explain the difference between a mosaic and a melting pot?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Irving employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Waking Up White and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Irving to prove particular points made within the text?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Waking Up White and analyze Irving’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Irving begins the text with a quote by James Baldwin. Explain how this choice of epigraph relates to the text and how it reflects one of its major themes.
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