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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Euthanize.
(c) Affront.
(d) Default.

2. 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?
(a) Michael.
(b) David.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Roger.

3. What word means to depart or swerve, as from a procedure, course of action, or acceptable norm?
(a) Disintigration.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Deviate.
(d) Linear.

4. What is the third stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?
(a) Internalization-commitment.
(b) Immersion/emersion.
(c) Internalization.
(d) Encounter.

5. William E. Cross, Jr. is a professor and head of the doctoral program in social-personality psychology at what institution?
(a) Wesleyan University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Hartford Seminary.
(d) The CUNY Graduate Center.

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. 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?

3. What is the second of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the ages from one to three?

4. When was Erik Erikson born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does White culture impact whites in the collegiate setting, as described by Tatum in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

2. How does the author define prejudice in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? What does revealing prejudice require?

3. How does Tatum relate prejudice to racism in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism?

4. What does Tatum say is a misconception parents have about their children in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

5. When in an individual's life does the impact of racism begin, according to the author in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? How is it developed?

6. How does the author describe the reasons black children begin sitting together at lunch in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

7. What analysis of William Cross's does the author describe in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

8. How does the author describe white privilege in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? What is problematic in addressing these issues?

9. At what age does the author assert children begin to recognize race in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years? What does Tatum encourage parents to do at this stage?

10. How does Tatum describe her conception of herself regarding race in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

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