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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is white privilege?
(a) Certain advantages for whites that can still be enjoyed by light-skinned people of color.
(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 advanages white people can enjoy if they are racist.

2. What does Diangelo say about racism in relation to society?
(a) It is deeply embedded in society.
(b) It is present in society but not a big deal.
(c) It is only an issue for people of color.
(d) It is only an issue for white people.

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

4. Who mistinterpreted some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) White people.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Asian people.
(d) Black people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does racism need to be distinguished from in order to understand it, according to Diangelo?

2. What is discrimination?

3. Why is the past considered an ideal time for whites, as stated in Chapter 4?

4. As stated in Chapter 4, what about Diangelo's person makes it so that she is automatically perceived as qualified and competent?

5. What does the suggestion that being white has meaning tend to impact white people?

(see the answer key)

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