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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 4, Identity Development in Adolescence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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 What refers to the state of being withdrawn or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection?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

2. 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) Emotional.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Physical.
(d) Religious.

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

4. What word means understood without being openly expressed?
(a) Complacency.
(b) Otherness.
(c) Tacit.
(d) Concise.

5. What does Tatum define as a system of advantage based on race which restricts access to power and privilege?
(a) Meritocracy.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Racism.
(d) Class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oppositional identities interfere with what, according to the author in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

2. What word means to incorporate the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group, as through learning, socialization, or identification?

3. What refers to a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group?

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 means having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once; omnipresent?

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