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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. 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) 1946.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1907.

2. What is a historical colloquial term in the United States for the social classification as black of individuals with any African ancestry?
(a) Homogeneous.
(b) Heterogeneous.
(c) Hypodescent.
(d) One-drop rule.

3. Executive Order 10925 was signed into effect on what date?
(a) November 17, 1952.
(b) June 22, 1948.
(c) July 4, 1956.
(d) March 6, 1961.

4. What refers to the concept of individual or collective guilt often said to be felt by some white people for the racist treatment of people of color by whites both historically and presently?
(a) Immersion.
(b) White nationalism.
(c) White guilt.
(d) Pseudo-independence.

5. What refers to doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention?
(a) Phenomenon.
(b) Stereotype.
(c) Ambiguity.
(d) Moratorium.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a system in which descent is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors?

3. 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?

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

5. To avoid accusations about reverse discrimination for goal-oriented affirmative action it is imperative to establish in advance clear and meaningful what, according to the author?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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 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?

8. What are the costs of a lack of a racial dialogue, according to the author in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

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

10. How does the author suggest we as individuals seek the courage to open racial dialogues in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

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