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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 term refers to the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii?
(a) Latino.
(b) Asian-Pacific American.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Native Americans.

2. In Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity, Tatum recommends that whites find most positive redefinition by what means?
(a) Allying with other white resistors of racism.
(b) Allying with Asian resistors of racism.
(c) Allying with black resistors of racism.
(d) Ignoring the values of race.

3. What means conforming to the standard or the common type; usual?
(a) Normal.
(b) Amoral.
(c) Eccentric.
(d) Individualistic.

4. What refers to the cultural values and behavioral patterns distinctive of a particular group in a society?
(a) Subculture.
(b) Autonomy.
(c) Ambiguity.
(d) Analogy.

5. What refers to the unfair treatment of members of majority groups resulting from preferential policies intended to remedy earlier discrimination against minorities?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Nativism.
(c) Reverse discrimination.
(d) Disintigration.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.?

2. What is the second factor the author describes for why process-oriented affirmative action is often ineffective in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

3. What was a landmark civil rights case in which the US Supreme Court declared Virginia's "Racial Integrity Act of 1924" unconstitutional?

4. In the antebellum years, free people of mixed race could have up to what percentage of African ancestry and be considered legally white?

5. A material that is uniform in composition or character is said to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is biracial development approached by the author in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

2. What is Tatum's response when white individuals in her seminars present reverse discrimination in regards to affirmative action in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

3. What conceptions of affirmative action does Tatum distinguish between in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

4. At what age is biracial identity concreted, according to the author in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

5. How does Tatum describe the development of white identity in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

6. What is the effect of white resistance to racism, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

7. How does Tatum describe the variations and similarities within the Latino community in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development?

8. What stages of white identity development does the author describe in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

9. What problems does Tatum discuss which can result from the different concepts of affirmative action in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

10. How does the author assert whites learn about racism in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

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