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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 refers to a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency?
(a) Culprit.
(b) Martyr.
(c) Victim.
(d) Analogy.

2. 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) 3 minutes.
(b) 10 seconds.
(c) 45 seconds.
(d) 60 seconds.

3. The second manifestation of the KKK flourished nationwide in what era?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1930s.

4. Why did Tatum's son assume a black boy was running down the street in an example given in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3?
(a) He had stabbed somebody.
(b) He had stolen something.
(c) He was late for work.
(d) The cops were chasing him.

5. Tatum conceives of herself as both perceiving and _______ race.
(a) Hating.
(b) Interrupting.
(c) Transcending.
(d) Impending.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erik Erikson is most famous for having coined what phrase?

2. What refers to an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness?

3. Although Erik Erikson lacked even a bachelor's degree, he served as a professor for prominent institutions?

4. What refers to something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.?

5. What is the second stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?

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