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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. When was Executive Order 11246 enacted, which required federal contractors to take "affirmative action" to hire without regard to race, religion and national origin?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1969.

2. The term "affirmative action" first appeared in Executive Order 10925, which was signed by what American President?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

3. What refers to the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group?
(a) Multiculturalism.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Nativism.

4. What is the second 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?
(a) Contact.
(b) Pseudo-independence.
(c) Disintigration.
(d) Racism.

5. What refers to a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Fear.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families, biracial girls tend to stay in what environments?

3. What refers to a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency?

4. A material that is uniform in composition or character is said to be what?

5. What is a system in which descent is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors?

(see the answer key)

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