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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Moratorium.
(c) Stereotype.
(d) Phenomenon.

2. What was a landmark civil rights case in which the US Supreme Court declared Virginia's "Racial Integrity Act of 1924" unconstitutional?
(a) Johnson v. Wisconsin.
(b) Pace v. Alabama.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Loving v. Virginia.

3. In statistics and demography, what refers to a group of subjects who have shared a particular time together during a particular time span?
(a) Cohort group.
(b) Class.
(c) Community.
(d) Alienation.

4. What occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, etc.?
(a) White collar crimes.
(b) Blue collar crimes.
(c) Sex crimes.
(d) Hate crimes.

5. Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence begins with a discussion of why black children seem to regularly do what?
(a) Answer test questions the same.
(b) Prefer bicycles over skateboards.
(c) Sit together at lunch.
(d) Play basketball together at recess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group?

2. In 2010, the number of Americans who checked both "black" and "white" on their census forms was what percent higher than it had been a decade earlier?

3. What is the first of three stages of racial consciousness in minority groups delineated in Jean Phinney's model of ethnic identity development?

4. Process-oriented conceptions of affirmative action try to formulate an ideally fair application process that is what?

5. What refers to the unfair treatment of members of majority groups resulting from preferential policies intended to remedy earlier discrimination against minorities?

(see the answer key)

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