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

2. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that often black children express self-rejection and internalized __________.
(a) Educational prejudice.
(b) Language prejudice.
(c) Financial prejudice.
(d) Skin prejudice.

3. What is the first stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?
(a) Internalization.
(b) Encounter.
(c) Immersion
(d) Pre-encounter.

4. What groups benefit from systems of racism (and other isms), according to the author?
(a) Radical groups.
(b) Fringe groups.
(c) Political groups.
(d) Dominant groups.

5. When did Erik Erikson die?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that children can notice race as young as how old?

2. Tatum believes that self-segregation and declining academic achievement are the result of ___________.

3. In what year did Erik Erikson emigrate with his family to the United States?

4. Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence begins with a discussion of why black children seem to regularly do what?

5. When was Erik Erikson's book Childhood and Society published?

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