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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. Which word does Irving define as "a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group" (79)?
2. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?
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. 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?
5. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the motivation for the dominant culture's stance regarding America as either a melting pot or a mosaic?
2. How does Irving explain the difference between a mosaic and a melting pot?
3. Discuss an instance when Irving uses statistics to back up one of her points regarding racism.
4. In what way does Irving use repetition to underscore the importance of her message in Chapter 14: Zap!?
5. For what reason does Irving use an allusion to the television show I Love Lucy in Chapter 12: Icebergs?
6. How does Irving describe the connotations associated with the quality of whiteness in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
7. What message does Irving send in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class about the distinction between those two elements of society?
8. What is another term for inattentional blindness and what do the two terms mean?
9. What is the significance of Jean Elliott's experimentation in 1968?
10. Describe one theme present within the epigraph presented at the beginning of Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Irving’s messages concerning the nature of optimism. Does the text indicate that it is dangerous or crucial? Choose one adjective and prove its validity using concrete details from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Irving's messages about motherhood within the text Waking Up White.
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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