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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Well established.
(b) A lie based on superiority.
(c) Proven.
(d) A misconception.

2. What word refers to the mixing of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations, and procreation?
(a) Nativism.
(b) Miscegenation.
(c) Immersion.
(d) Ambiguity.

3. According to the author in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, identity is constructed out of two co-evolving processes of observation of the behavior of others and what?
(a) Influence of environment.
(b) Personal reflection.
(c) Education.
(d) An understanding of history.

4. What is the second factor the author describes for why process-oriented affirmative action is often ineffective in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?
(a) It creates a dichotomy.
(b) It opens the door to reverse racism.
(c) It opens the door to racism.
(d) It leaves open too many opportunities for bias.

5. What refers to a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable?
(a) Phenomenon.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What means having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once; omnipresent?

2. In statistics and demography, what refers to a group of subjects who have shared a particular time together during a particular time span?

3. What refers to an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class, privilege, or wealth?

4. William E. Cross, Jr. is a professor and head of the doctoral program in social-personality psychology at what institution?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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