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

2. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that often black children express self-rejection and internalized __________.
(a) Educational prejudice.
(b) Skin prejudice.
(c) Financial prejudice.
(d) Language prejudice.

3. Tatum writes in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, that our attention is naturally drawn to those parts of ourselves that ______________.
(a) Are most in need.
(b) Are least in need.
(c) Others notice.
(d) Nobody can see.

4. 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?
(a) Play basketball together at recess.
(b) Prefer bicycles over skateboards.
(c) Sit together at lunch.
(d) Answer test questions the same.

5. What means to make an exclusive claim to?
(a) Diffusion.
(b) Conflation.
(c) Foreclosure.
(d) Adaptation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency?

2. What word means to depart or swerve, as from a procedure, course of action, or acceptable norm?

3. Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

4. What refers to a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group?

5. When was Erik Erikson born?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What two developmental stages does Tatum focus on in adolescent development of identity in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. How does Tatum describe differences between men and women in racial identity in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

7. What is Tatum's argument against those who suggest keeping silent regarding race with children in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

8. How does Tatum describe racial identity in relationship to religion in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

9. What does the author write in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years that she begins adult seminars with asking?

10. 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?

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