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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The second manifestation of the KKK flourished nationwide in what era?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1950s.

2. What refers to a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question?
(a) Subordinance.
(b) Dominance.
(c) Culture.
(d) Bias.

3. What is the first of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the first year of infancy?
(a) Will.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fidelity.
(d) Confidence.

4. When was Executive Order 11246 enacted, which required federal contractors to take "affirmative action" to hire without regard to race, religion and national origin?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1979.

5. What refers to a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency?
(a) Martyr.
(b) Culprit.
(c) Victim.
(d) Analogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Mexican-American War end?

2. What is the first factor the author describes for why process-oriented affirmative action is often ineffective in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

3. What refers to the cultural values and behavioral patterns distinctive of a particular group in a society?

4. What refers to an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class, privilege, or wealth?

5. What is the belief, and promotion of the belief, that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds?

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