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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) How black people and white people interact.
(b) The interlocking forces of oppression.
(c) How humans and animals interact.
(d) The forces of good and evil in society.

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

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

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

5. What is white people's general definition of racism, according to Diangelo?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Perpetuating racist stereotypes.
(c) Intentional acts of racial discrimination committed by an immoral person.
(d) Using racial slurs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo say about racism in relation to society?

2. Who is this book written for?

3. What happens to whites who are against racism?

4. What does Robin Diangelo do for a living?

5. What is objectivity?

(see the answer key)

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