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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?
(a) Any white person who does not see color.
(b) Any white person who thinks they are racist.
(c) Any white person who thinks they are not racist.
(d) Any white person who marched in the sixties.

2. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?
(a) All humans.
(b) All animals.
(c) All men.
(d) All women.

3. What did Diangelo learn about how white people discuss about race and racism?
(a) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it nearly impossible for them to understand it.
(b) White people are generally very receptive to learning about racism.
(c) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it easy to discuss.
(d) White people do not see color.

4. What does Diangelo say of race relations?
(a) Only people of color understand them.
(b) Only white people understand them.
(c) They are profoundly complex.
(d) They are profoundly simple.

5. What is the general understanding of whiteness, as defined in Chapter 2?
(a) That it is desirable.
(b) That is is abnormal and not considered the standard.
(c) That it is unwanted.
(d) That it is normal and the standard for human.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does research in implicit bias show about perceptions of crime?

2. Who is Robin Diangelo?

3. What is aversive racism?

4. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?

5. Why can white people not be trusted when it comes to perceptions of race and crime, according to Diangelo?

(see the answer key)

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