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

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

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

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

5. In animals, melanin pigments are derivatives of what amino acid?
(a) Hydroxyproline.
(b) Selenocysteine.
(c) Pyrrolysine.
(d) Tyrosine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 is commonly known as what?

2. What refers to a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question?

3. In statistics and demography, what refers to a group of subjects who have shared a particular time together during a particular time span?

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

5. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that often black children express self-rejection and internalized __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author assert is needed in order to overcome racial prejudices in identity in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

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 the author relate personal identity to the surrounding social group in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity?

4. How does the author answer the question of why whites should care about racism in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism?

5. Why does Beverly Tatum claim not to have sat at the "Black table" in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

6. How do white and black children differ in their responses to the author's experiment in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity? How do boys and girls respond differently?

7. Why does the author claim that when addressing racism with children it is important to keep in mind their developmental stage in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

8. How does the author describe the formation of an oppositional identity in adolescent blacks in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

9. What experiment does the author describe enacting on young students in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity? What results does she find?

10. How does the author address the subject of slavery when dealing with children in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

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