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

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

3. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?
(a) A small idea that got bigger and bigger over time.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Both good and bad intentions.
(d) Bad intentions.

4. What does the term "race talk" imply?
(a) It always implies a racial "us" and "them."
(b) It implies that more white people need to talk about race.
(c) It implies a general sense of unity among races.
(d) It implies that people of color need to talk about race less.

5. Why was Diangelo taken aback in the early days of her work?
(a) So many white people expressed gratitude.
(b) So many people of color expressed anger.
(c) So many people of color expressed gratitude.
(d) So many white people expressed anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Diangelo say can be racist?

2. Who used the slogan "Make America Great Again" in their presidential campaign?

3. What happens to whites who are against racism?

4. What does the birdcage metaphor describe?

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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