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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In animals, melanin pigments are derivatives of what amino acid?
(a) Hydroxyproline.
(b) Pyrrolysine.
(c) Selenocysteine.
(d) Tyrosine.

2. What, in Tatum's view, is a preconceived judgment based on limited information?
(a) Alienation.
(b) Meritocracy.
(c) The Fair Housing Act.
(d) Prejudice.

3. What is the second of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the ages from one to three?
(a) Fidelity.
(b) Will.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Hope.

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?
(a) Racial profiling.
(b) Landlord bias.
(c) Housing discrimination.
(d) The Fair Housing Act.

5. 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) Education.
(b) An understanding of history.
(c) Influence of environment.
(d) Personal reflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What groups benefit from systems of racism (and other isms), according to the author?

2. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that at very young ages, children are often confused by the color language due to their encounters with what?

3. When did Erik Erikson die?

4. Beverly Daniel Tatum earned her PhD in clinical psychology from which university?

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

(see the answer key)

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