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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 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 sad.
(d) It makes them humble.

2. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?
(a) From white people.
(b) From its invisibility.
(c) From people of color.
(d) From its visibility.

3. What does the system of racism begin with?
(a) Ideology.
(b) History.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Action.

4. What kinds of audiences does Diangelo primarily lead?
(a) Primarily Asian audiences.
(b) Mixed audiences.
(c) Primarily black audiences.
(d) Primarily white audiences.

5. What is white privilege?
(a) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are racist.
(b) Certain advantages that are taken for granted by whites and that cannot be similarly enjoyed by people of color in the same context.
(c) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are against racism.
(d) Certain advantages for whites that can still be enjoyed by light-skinned people of color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ideology?

2. What does it mean to be perceived as white?

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

4. What is objectivity?

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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