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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do people generally think constitutes a "good" neighborhood, as stated in Chapter 2?
(a) Good schools.
(b) A mostly white population.
(c) A mostly POC population.
(d) An ethically varied population.

3. Who is pounding their fist in the first anecdote of the book?
(a) A white man.
(b) A black woman.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A black man.

4. What is white privilege?
(a) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are racist.
(b) Certain advantages that are taken for granted by whites and that cannot be similarly enjoyed by people of color in the same context.
(c) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are against racism.
(d) Certain advantages for whites that can still be enjoyed by light-skinned people of color.

5. What is the concept of the melting pot?
(a) The idea that global warming harms the US the most.
(b) The idea that global warming has an impact on race talk.
(c) The idea that America is for white people only.
(d) The idea that America is an amalgamation of all different cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the suggestion that being white has meaning tend to impact white people?

2. What happens to whites who are against racism?

3. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

4. What is new racism?

5. What kinds of audiences does Diangelo primarily lead?

(see the answer key)

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