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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What racial group is the most represented in mainstream media?
(a) Black people.
(b) Asian people.
(c) Latinx people.
(d) White people.

2. 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.

3. What does racism need to be distinguished from in order to understand it, according to Diangelo?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) Prejudice and discrimination.
(d) Assumptions and bias.

4. What does research in implicit bias show about perceptions of crime?
(a) Research shows that white people make up the majority of criminals.
(b) Research shows that perceptions of criminal activity are not influenced by race.
(c) Research shows that perceptions of criminal activity are influenced by race.
(d) Research shows that people of color make up the majority of criminals.

5. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?
(a) They represent the experience of modern Americans.
(b) They represent the universal human experience.
(c) They represent old, antiquated ideas.
(d) They represent certain people's experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does race have a hand in shaping?

2. What do white people tend to assume aboout people of color who apply to jobs or schools?

3. What is the good/bad binary?

4. What does Diangelo not have to think about as a white person?

5. What crime does Diangelo liken racism to?

(see the answer key)

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