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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word means lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.?
(a) Tacit.
(b) Disadvantaged.
(c) Entitled.
(d) Meritocracy.

2. What word means understood without being openly expressed?
(a) Concise.
(b) Complacency.
(c) Tacit.
(d) Otherness.

3. What is the first of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the first year of infancy?
(a) Will.
(b) Hope.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Fidelity.

4. Beverly Daniel Tatum received her B.A. in psychology from which institution?
(a) The University of Michigan.
(b) Wesleyan University.
(c) The CUNY Graduate Center.
(d) Hartford Seminary.

5. What refers to the state or fact of being different or distinct?
(a) Ubiquitous.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Tacit.
(d) Otherness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Tatum's view, is a preconceived judgment based on limited information?

2. What is the third of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the ages from three to six?

3. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism, Tatum argues that while economic productivity may be hurt by racism, the real cost to whites is what?

4. What refers to discrimination based on protected class status, variously including race, gender, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation and gender identity, marital status, or veteran status, in the realm of housing and real estate?

5. Beverly Daniel Tatum received an M.A. in religious studies from which institution?

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