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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. The term "affirmative action" first appeared in Executive Order 10925, which was signed by what American President?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

2. Who signed Executive order 11246?
(a) President Lyndon Johnson.
(b) President Woodrow Wilson.
(c) President Richard M. Nixon.
(d) President Theodore Roosevelt.

3. 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 Asian resistors of racism.
(b) Allying with black resistors of racism.
(c) Allying with other white resistors of racism.
(d) Ignoring the values of race.

4. What refers to state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965 that mandated racial segregation in all public facilities?
(a) White suprmecist laws.
(b) Segregation laws.
(c) Jim Crow laws.
(d) Colored laws.

5. What refers to a disparity or relative inadequacy in natural endowments?
(a) Moratorium.
(b) Inequality.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Martyr.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What means asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life?

3. One advantage of affirmative action in helping blacks avoid racism is that they do not need to do what, according to the author?

4. What word refers to the mixing of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations, and procreation?

5. Barack Obama's mother is from __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does the author suggest that Whites deal with their struggle with Whiteness positively in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

3. What leads to silence regarding racial dialogue, according to the author in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

4. 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?

5. What ethnic group is most responsible for a culture of silence according to the author in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue? Why?

6. What misconception does the author attempt to clear away in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

7. What are the advantages of affirmative action, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

8. What do productive racial dialogues promote, according to the author in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

9. 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?

10. How does the author describe differences between males and females in biracial identity formation in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

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