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

2. What did Diangelo learn about how white people discuss about race and racism?
(a) White people are generally very receptive to learning about racism.
(b) White people do not see color.
(c) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it easy to discuss.
(d) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it nearly impossible for them to understand it.

3. What group does Diangelo say has been socialized into an internalized sense of superiority?
(a) Asian people.
(b) Mixed race people.
(c) Black people.
(d) White people.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is this book written for?

2. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?

3. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?

4. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?

5. What, according to Diangelo, do white people need to understand in order to understand white fragility?

(see the answer key)

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