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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) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Calvin Coolidge.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

2. What refers to movement of people from one nation-state to another, where they are not citizens?
(a) Miscegenation.
(b) Marginalization.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Immigration.

3. In what year did Virginia law state that to be defined as "mulatto," a person had to have at least one-quarter African ancestry?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1872.

4. A material that is NOT uniform in composition or character is said to be what?
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Heterogeneous.
(c) Homogeneous.
(d) Hypodescent.

5. Multiracial US Americans officially numbered how many in 2006?
(a) 2.4 million.
(b) 6.1 million.
(c) 19.5 million.
(d) 12.8 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barack Obama's mother is from __________.

2. According to the author, attempts to relate one's subculture to a broader culture can produce four reactions: assimilation, withdrawal, biculturalism and what?

3. What refers to a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause?

4. What is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people?

5. What means conforming to the standard or the common type; usual?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Beverly Tatum believe regarding racial dialogue in America, as discussed in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. In Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development, Tatum addresses what element as drawing together minorities?

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

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

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

9. What reactions can result from attempts to relate one's subculture to a broader culture, according to the author in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development?

10. 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?

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