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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was The Negro to Black Conversion Experience published?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1960.

2. What is a system in which descent is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Familism.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Matrilineality.

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

4. What refers to a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined?
(a) Joy.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Fear.

5. What refers to something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.?
(a) Reality.
(b) Contact.
(c) Bias.
(d) Achievement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, Tatum finds in her class experiments that members of dominant groups rarely list their dominant traits while those in subordinate groups usually do what?

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

3. Barack Obama's father is from ___________.

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 is the second 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?

(see the answer key)

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