Introduction to Black Studies, Fall 2007

Professors Basu & Fairchild

Quiz for November 5, 2007

 

Name:______________________________

 

1.    In Fairchild’s definition of African American Psychology in the Encyclopedia of Psychology, much of the field can be seen as “in reaction to” biases in White psychology.  The other word used to refer to this work was:

a.    Construction

b.   Deconstruction

c.    Proactive

d.   Controlled

e.    Anti-Racist

 

2.    According to Fairchild (2000), European American psychology and African American psychology differ according to a number of “idealistic dialectics.”  The ideal in opposition to African American psychology’s spiritualism is:

a.    Objective

b.   Control of nature

c.    Materialism

d.   Individualism

e.    Collectivism

 

3.    The “rebirth” of African American psychology coincided with the founding of The Association of Black Psychologists in

a.    1949

b.   1954

c.    1965

d.   1968

e.    1990

 

4.    Who was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in psychology?

a.    Halford H. Fairchild

b.   Wilhelm Wundt

c.    William James (Harvard University, 1879)

d.   Sir Francis Galton

e.    Francis Cecil Sumner

 

5.    Who is Oprah Winfrey supporting for president in the current race to the White House?

a.    Louis Farrakhan

b.   Jesse Jackson

c.    John Edwards

d.   Barack Obama

e.    Hillary Clinton

 

6.    Who is the Reverend James Blassingame (the African American pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter, S.C.) supporting in the Democratic Presidential primary?

a.     George W. Bush

b.     Jesse Jackson

c.     John Edwards

d.     Barack Obama

e.     Hillary Clinton

 

7.    According to St. Clair Drake, in “Black Studies and Global Perspectives,” the “most important issue of our age” is:

a.    Civil Rights for African Americans

b.   The Development of Black Studies

c.    HIV/AIDS in Africa

d.   The prevention of the nuclear holocaust

e.    None of the above

 

8.    According to the “Bibliographic note” in Drake’s article, what did the following individuals have in common:  Benjamin Banneker, Richard Allen, David Walker, W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington?

a.    A global or international perspective

b.   They were all assassinated

c.    They all lived in the 18th Century

d.   They all knew Abe Lincoln

e.    They all played college football

 

9.    According to the film clip seen in class last week, Viola Liuzzo was the only White woman to:

a.     Have an affair with MLK

b.     Sing the Negro National Anthem in Harlem

c.     Participate in the March on Washington

d.     Be killed in the Civil Rights movement

e.     None of the above

 

10.                      According to the film seen in class last week, who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

a.    Lawrence Houston

b.   Thurgood Marshall

c.    Clarence Thomas

d.   Crispus Attucks

e.    Frederick Douglass