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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence that the blacks who remain academically successful need a strategy to be accepted by whites, so they act in what manner?

2. What word means to depart or swerve, as from a procedure, course of action, or acceptable norm?

3. What refers to a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question?

4. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, Tatum writes that she sometimes runs an experiment in classes with young students to write down as many responses to an "I am ____" question as they can in what period of time?

5. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, Tatum finds in her class experiments that members of dominant groups rarely list their dominant traits while those in subordinate groups usually do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the formation of an oppositional identity in adolescent blacks in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

2. What co-evolving processes construct personal identity according to the author in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity?

3. How does Tatum describe racial identity in relationship to religion in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

4. What does the author write in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years that she begins adult seminars with asking?

5. How does the author describe white privilege in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? What is problematic in addressing these issues?

6. How does the author distinguish between dominant and subordinate groups in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity?

7. What experiment does the author describe enacting on young students in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity? What results does she find?

8. How does Tatum describe her conception of herself regarding race in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

9. How does the author define prejudice in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? What does revealing prejudice require?

10. How does the author relate personal identity to the surrounding social group in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Erik Erikson and his model for identity development. What stages are delineated in Erikson's model?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss child development and racial identity. At what age does the author assert children first recognize race?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss process-oriented and goal-oriented affirmative action as defined in the text. Toward what form of affirmative action does the author appear to lean?

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