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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the birdcage metaphor describe?
(a) The interlocking forces of oppression.
(b) How black people and white people interact.
(c) The forces of good and evil in society.
(d) How humans and animals interact.

2. What does the suggestion that being white has meaning tend to impact white people?
(a) It triggers a range of defensive responses.
(b) They tend to agree with the idea.
(c) It makes them humble.
(d) It makes them sad.

3. Who is Robin Diangelo?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A Native American woman.
(c) A black woman.
(d) An Asian woman.

4. What does Diangelo say of race relations?
(a) They are profoundly simple.
(b) Only people of color understand them.
(c) They are profoundly complex.
(d) Only white people understand them.

5. What does Robin Diangelo do for a living?
(a) She is a dentist.
(b) She is a gardener.
(c) She holds workshops on race and racism.
(d) She is an actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group does Diangelo say has been socialized into an internalized sense of superiority?

2. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

3. What is white privilege?

4. Why was Diangelo taken aback in the early days of her work?

5. What is race?

(see the answer key)

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