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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is race?
(a) A biological result.
(b) A social construct.
(c) Only significant in America.
(d) Not significant in America.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does racism occur?

2. What does Robin Diangelo do for a living?

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

4. Who is this book written for?

5. What kinds of audiences does Diangelo primarily lead?

(see the answer key)

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