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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 particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question?
(a) Dominance.
(b) Subordinance.
(c) Culture.
(d) Bias.

2. What refers to the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States?
(a) Cohesive physics.
(b) Modern civilization.
(c) African-American history.
(d) Postmodern psychology.

3. Why did Tatum's son assume a black boy was running down the street in an example given in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3?
(a) The cops were chasing him.
(b) He had stabbed somebody.
(c) He had stolen something.
(d) He was late for work.

4. 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 least in need.
(b) Nobody can see.
(c) Are most in need.
(d) Others notice.

5. Beverly Daniel Tatum received her B.A. in psychology from which institution?
(a) Hartford Seminary.
(b) The CUNY Graduate Center.
(c) Wesleyan University.
(d) The University of Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tatum believes that self-segregation and declining academic achievement are the result of ___________.

2. What refers to a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect?

3. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that at very young ages, children are often confused by the color language due to their encounters with what?

4. What is a way of conceptualizing racial inequalities that focuses as much on the advantages that white people accrue from society as on the disadvantages that people of color experience?

5. The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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