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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Diangelo, white fragility can be understood as what?
(a) Something only bad white people exhibit.
(b) A natural part of life.
(c) The sociology of dominance.
(d) Fine in moderation.

2. What specific words do whites use to describe their feelings in the face of being challenged on their racism, as stated in Chapter 8?
(a) Affection, fondness.
(b) Trauma, anxiety.
(c) Love, acceptance.
(d) Torture, war.

3. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?
(a) Racism in movies and TV.
(b) Racial slurs.
(c) Colorblind racism.
(d) Stereoytpes.

4. What does white people's moral objection to racism increase, according to Diangelo?
(a) Their understanding of people of color.
(b) Their understanding of American history.
(c) Their ability to aknowledge their complicity with it.
(d) Their resistance to acknowledging their complicity with it.

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 violence.
(d) The language of physical touch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What limits white people from forming connections across racial lines, according to Diangelo?

2. What does a person mean when they say they are colorblind?

3. What does research say about children and race?

4. Why is it problematic to deny a person of color's race, as Diangelo writes in Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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