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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 ideology?
(a) The ideas that people of color have about white people.
(b) The ideas that a certain percentage of society abides by.
(c) The ideas that white people have about people of color.
(d) The big ideas that are reinforced throughout society.

2. What is aversive racism?
(a) A manifestation of racism that only people who are bad and immoral are likely to exhibit.
(b) Reverse racism.
(c) A manifestation of racism that well-intentioned people who see themselves as educated are more likely to exhibit.
(d) Racism that only affects certain ethnic groups.

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

4. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?
(a) Any white person who thinks they are racist.
(b) Any white person who thinks they are not racist.
(c) Any white person who does not see color.
(d) Any white person who marched in the sixties.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What racial group is the most represented in mainstream media?

4. What did Diangelo learn about how white people discuss about race and racism?

5. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?

(see the answer key)

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