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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 a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group?
(a) Alienation.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Stereotype.

2. What is the fifth stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?
(a) Immersion/emersion.
(b) Internalization-commitment.
(c) Pre-encounter.
(d) Internalization.

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

4. While studying at university, Tatum had what Cross describes as what kind of experience?
(a) Adversion.
(b) Immersion.
(c) Conversion.
(d) Nationalism.

5. In what year did the Mexican-American War end?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1855.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a historical colloquial term in the United States for the social classification as black of individuals with any African ancestry?

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

3. In Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood, Tatum reports that she did not sit at the Black table in her cafeteria for what reason?

4. When did the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution take place?

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

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