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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 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Tatum's son assume a black boy was running down the street in an example given in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3?
(a) The cops were chasing him.
(b) He had stabbed somebody.
(c) He was late for work.
(d) He had stolen something.

3. What refers to opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.?
(a) Abundance.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Proclivity.

4. What refers to that which is placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Peasant.
(c) Subordinate.
(d) Superior.

5. What refers to something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial?
(a) Lingual.
(b) Symbol.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. While studying at university, Tatum had what Cross describes as what kind of experience?

3. What refers to the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness?

4. What is the name of Tatum's son who commented when he was young that a white mother and her black child "didn't match" in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3?

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

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