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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. According to the author in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence, the process of Nigrescence leads to the formation of an oppositional identity that produces what?
(a) Self-segregation.
(b) Diffusion.
(c) Internalization.
(d) Alienation.

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

3. Who form the third-largest Hispanic group in the United States?
(a) Dominican Americans.
(b) Cuban Americans.
(c) Puerto Ricans.
(d) Mexican Americans.

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

5. Tatum believes that self-segregation and declining academic achievement are the result of ___________.
(a) Popular culture.
(b) White power.
(c) A post-desegregation phenomenon.
(d) An environment where blacks are dominant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions?

2. 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?

3. Tatum explains that much of the pattern of stability and transition in midlife creates pressures on racial identities for Blacks where in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

4. What is the fourth of five stages that whites pass through in dealing with race, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

5. What refers to a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc.?

(see the answer key)

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