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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Diangelo say about the state of Western society?
(a) Only white people care about race.
(b) Only people of color care about race.
(c) It is deeply separate and unequal by race.
(d) It is very much equal by race.

2. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?
(a) Yes.
(b) She think it both has and has not.
(c) She does not mention time in relation to racism.
(d) No.

3. How did Diangelo push back against Eva?
(a) She asked about how her experience living in the US for 20 years impacted her understanding of racism.
(b) She asked Eva if she had ever seen films or read books.
(c) She did not push back.
(d) She told Eva to leave.

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. Who does Diangelo believe causes the most damage to people of color?
(a) White conversatives.
(b) Mixed race people.
(c) People of color.
(d) White progressives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when whites employ terms that connote physical violence to describe their feelings toward being challenged, as stated in Chapter 8?

3. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?

4. Who uses the term "white racial bonding" to describe how white people work together to remain complicit in the fight against racism?

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

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