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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 is the first of five stages that whites pass through in dealing with race, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Disintigration.
(c) Pseudo-independence.
(d) Contact.

2. What is the fifth of five stages that whites pass through in dealing with race, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?
(a) Contact.
(b) Autonomy.
(c) Immersion.
(d) Disintigration.

3. What refers to a concept introduced by France in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations in 1993?
(a) Miscegenation.
(b) National identity.
(c) Cultural exception.
(d) Jim Crow laws.

4. One advantage of affirmative action in helping blacks avoid racism is that they do not need to do what, according to the author?
(a) Petition for better treatment.
(b) Agree with the system.
(c) Agree to make changes.
(d) See their mistreatment.

5. Tatum claims that the idea that biracial children suffer in a particular way during childhood is what in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?
(a) Proven.
(b) A lie based on superiority.
(c) A misconception.
(d) Well established.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tatum writes in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action, that only when Whites understand what can they understand the rationale for affirmative action?

2. What is the second largest community of color that is growing the fastest according to the author?

3. In the United States, what term is in official use and defined as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race?

4. What is the first of three stages of racial consciousness in minority groups delineated in Jean Phinney's model of ethnic identity development?

5. What is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author introduce the concept of affirmative action in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

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. 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?

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

6. What does Tatum claim affirmative action is and is not in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

7. 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?

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

9. What is the impact of the "one-drop" rule in history, as discussed in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

10. How does Tatum suggest Whites find redefinition in racial identity in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

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