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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial?
(a) Symbol.
(b) Lingual.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

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

3. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that at very young ages, children are often confused by the color language due to their encounters with what?
(a) Other children.
(b) Crayons.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Television.

4. What is the third of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the ages from three to six?
(a) Purpose.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fidelity.
(d) Will.

5. What, in Tatum's view, is a preconceived judgment based on limited information?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) The Fair Housing Act.
(c) Meritocracy.
(d) Alienation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas Jefferson had four surviving children by what mixed-race slave?

2. What is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category?

3. What is the first of five stages that whites pass through in dealing with race, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

4. Tatum writes that much of the attraction of the Nation of Islam to black men is that it offers them what?

5. What word means to depart or swerve, as from a procedure, course of action, or acceptable norm?

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