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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one fundamental truth about human beings that is imperative to understanding racism and white fragility, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?
(a) Human beings are not objective.
(b) Human beings are not subjective.
(c) Human beings are inherently bad.
(d) Human beings are inherently good.

2. Why is it problematic to deny a person of color's race, as Diangelo writes in Chapter 3?
(a) Because it is not polite.
(b) It is not problematic.
(c) Because a person of color might want to be seen.
(d) Because it means being complicit in the fight against racism.

3. Who mistinterpreted some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) White people.
(b) Asian people.
(c) Black people.
(d) Immigrants.

4. What does a person mean when they say they are colorblind?
(a) They can only see white people.
(b) They do not see color in terms of race.
(c) They can only see black people.
(d) They can see people of color but only in certain light.

5. What kinds of language does Diangelo write that whites use when they are challenged on their racism?
(a) The language of love.
(b) American Sign Language.
(c) The language of physical touch.
(d) The language of violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Diangelo, white fragility can be understood as what?

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

3. What was socially acceptable for whites to do before the civil rights movement?

4. How does the good/bad binary affect race talk, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?

5. What does color blindness exempt white people from?

(see the answer key)

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