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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?
(a) Encounter.
(b) Pre-encounter.
(c) Immersion
(d) Internalization.

2. According to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity, whites are initially unaware how the internalization and socialization of what has affected them?
(a) Nativism.
(b) Contact.
(c) Racism.
(d) White nationalism.

3. What is the fifth stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?
(a) Internalization-commitment.
(b) Internalization.
(c) Pre-encounter.
(d) Immersion/emersion.

4. What refers to a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question?
(a) Bias.
(b) Subordinance.
(c) Dominance.
(d) Culture.

5. What is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people?
(a) White supremacy.
(b) White nationalism.
(c) White guilt.
(d) Nativism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity, Tatum recommends that whites find most positive redefinition by what means?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What refers to something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial?

5. What concept favors the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants?

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