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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, Tatum writes that she sometimes runs an experiment in classes with young students to write down as many responses to an "I am ____" question as they can in what period of time?
(a) 60 seconds.
(b) 45 seconds.
(c) 3 minutes.
(d) 10 seconds.

2. What refers to independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions?
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Annihilation.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) Catharsis.

3. What does the author define as an open process with a general goal of righting an injustice as an end-result?
(a) Reverse discrimination.
(b) Goal-oriented affirmative action.
(c) Marginalization.
(d) Process-oriented affirmative action.

4. When was 'Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?': A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity published?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1992.

5. Beverly Daniel Tatum received an M.A. in religious studies from which institution?
(a) Boston College.
(b) Hartford Seminary.
(c) Columbia University
(d) Stanford University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In animals, melanin pigments are derivatives of what amino acid?

3. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism, Tatum writes that in one course Tatum taught, a child denied that who could be black because she was "beautiful"?

4. The term "affirmative action" first appeared in Executive Order 10925, which was signed by what American President?

5. What concept favors the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants?

(see the answer key)

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