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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does whiteness exist according to Coates?
(a) Only in the presence of blackness.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) Only in the presence of non-whiteness.
(d) Only in our hisory books.

2. Diangelo writes that people of color know white people have what?
(a) Racist patterns.
(b) Status.
(c) Money.
(d) Assumptions.

3. Who is known for the concept of habitus?
(a) Robin Diangelo.
(b) Kimberle Crenshaw.
(c) Pierre Bourdieu.
(d) Paula Abdul.

4. What does Diangelo try to do if she feels moved to tears in a workshop?
(a) She does so loudly, and takes up space.
(b) She never cries.
(c) She does so quietly, and does not take up space.
(d) She lets everyone know that it is normal to cry.

5. In Chapter 7, what did the accused teachers fail to do, according to Diangelo?
(a) Take a racism workshop.
(b) Complain about what had happened.
(c) Apologize to the students.
(d) Recognize their faults and consider the students' perspective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo ask white people to consider about racism?

2. What is the status of white superiority in relation to white people, as stated in Chapter 8?

3. What happens when whites employ terms that connote physical violence to describe their feelings toward being challenged, as stated in Chapter 8?

4. How early do children start to construct their ideas about race, as stated in Chapter 8?

5. At what point in her life did Diangelo experience a challenge to her racial identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it mean to be "less white"?

2. What are some functions of white fragility?

3. What do white racial assumptions do for white people and society as a whole?

4. What does Diangelo write is problematic about white people using the language of violence to describe their own white fragility?

5. What does Diangelo write happens to white people when disequilibrium occurs?

6. Why, according to Diangelo, do so many white people feel the need to "build trust" before they talk to others about race?

7. What are some common emotional reactions white people have when their assumptions are challenged, according to Diangelo?

8. What is strange about white superiority despite its ubiquity, according to Diangelo?

9. What are some common assumptions white people have about themselves or others in regard to racism, according to Diangelo?

10. What are white tears?

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