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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was socially acceptable for whites to do before the civil rights movement?
(a) To socialize with people of color.
(b) To openly proclaim their belief in their racial superiority.
(c) To live in white neighborhoods.
(d) To attend historically black colleges.

2. What are companies expected to be able to do regarding affirmative action?
(a) Be nice to people of color specifically.
(b) Be able to employ enough people of color to make up half the company.
(c) Be nice to their employees.
(d) Be able to articulate why they did not hire a qualified person of color.

3. 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 good.
(d) Human beings are inherently bad.

4. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?
(a) Bad intentions.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Both good and bad intentions.
(d) A small idea that got bigger and bigger over time.

5. How did people in the mid-1900s refer to the Northern part of the U.S.?
(a) "The Great North."
(b) "The Old North."
(c) "The Enlightened North."
(d) "The Bad North."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo write that she does not have to worry about?

2. Why is talking in general terms about race and racism harmful for people of color, according to Diangelo in Chapter 6?

3. With what common phrase do white people claim to value diversity?

4. What is white privilege?

5. What is one claim Diangelo hears from white people often?

(see the answer key)

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