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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Beverly Daniel Tatum is currently the president of what educational institution?
(a) The University of Michigan.
(b) Wesleyan University.
(c) Spelman College.
(d) Harvard University.

2. When was Erik Erikson's book Childhood and Society published?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1962.

3. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, Tatum finds in her class experiments that members of dominant groups rarely list their dominant traits while those in subordinate groups usually do what?
(a) List dominant traits.
(b) List negative traits.
(c) List subordinate traits.
(d) List positive traits.

4. What refers to the state or fact of being different or distinct?
(a) Ubiquitous.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Tacit.
(d) Otherness.

5. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, Tatum writes that she sometimes runs an experiment in classes with young students to write down as many responses to an "I am ____" question as they can in what period of time?
(a) 10 seconds.
(b) 45 seconds.
(c) 60 seconds.
(d) 3 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Tatum's view, is a preconceived judgment based on limited information?

2. What groups benefit from systems of racism (and other isms), according to the author?

3. According to the author in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, identity is constructed out of two co-evolving processes of observation of the behavior of others and what?

4. What word means lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.?

5. Tatum writes in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, that our attention is naturally drawn to those parts of ourselves that ______________.

(see the answer key)

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