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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. Beverly Daniel Tatum received her B.A. in psychology from which institution?
(a) Hartford Seminary.
(b) Wesleyan University.
(c) The University of Michigan.
(d) The CUNY Graduate Center.

2. What means of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Diffusion.
(c) Tacit.
(d) Moral.

3. 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) Racism.
(b) Disintigration.
(c) Contact.
(d) Pseudo-independence.

4. What refers to the state of being withdrawn or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection?
(a) Disadvantaged.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Tacit.
(d) Prejudice.

5. What concept defined by the author holds the extended family as a reference group for social support?
(a) Matrilineality.
(b) Marginalization.
(c) Familism.
(d) Miscegenation.

Short Answer 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?

2. One advantage of affirmative action in helping blacks avoid racism is that they do not need to do what, according to the author?

3. What was a landmark civil rights case in which the US Supreme Court declared Virginia's "Racial Integrity Act of 1924" unconstitutional?

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

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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