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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution take place?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1848.

2. What refers to the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Inquisition.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Affirmation.

3. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism, Tatum argues that while economic productivity may be hurt by racism, the real cost to whites is what?
(a) Religious.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Physical.

4. What refers to the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner?
(a) Foreclosure.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Phenomenon.
(d) Transcending.

5. What is the first of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the first year of infancy?
(a) Will.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Hope.
(d) Fidelity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

2. In statistics and demography, what refers to a group of subjects who have shared a particular time together during a particular time span?

3. 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?

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. What does Tatum define as a system of advantage based on race which restricts access to power and privilege?

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