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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 4, Identity Development in Adolescence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to that which is placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Peasant.
(c) Subordinate.
(d) Superior.

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

3. When did the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution take place?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1884.

4. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that often black children express self-rejection and internalized __________.
(a) Skin prejudice.
(b) Financial prejudice.
(c) Language prejudice.
(d) Educational prejudice.

5. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism, Tatum claims that while people of color can be prejudiced against whites, they are not racist in the technical sense of the term because they do not what?
(a) Acknowledge racism.
(b) Pass on thier beliefs.
(c) Truly believe their prejudices.
(d) Benefit from racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tatum believes that self-segregation and declining academic achievement are the result of ___________.

2. What refers to something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.?

3. What refers to the state of being withdrawn or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection?

4. What is the fifth stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?

5. When was Erik Erikson born?

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