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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do white people --typically older generations -- sometimes refer to the past?
(a) "The Best of Times."
(b) "A Nightmare."
(c) "The Worse of Times."
(d) "The Good Old Days."

2. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?
(a) They represent the experience of modern Americans.
(b) They represent old, antiquated ideas.
(c) They represent the universal human experience.
(d) They represent certain people's experience.

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

4. Where does Diangelo belong, as stated in Chapter 4?
(a) Only in places occupied by people of color.
(b) Only in places occupied by white people.
(c) In every scenario and context.
(d) She does not belong in any particular place.

5. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?
(a) Lack of exercise.
(b) Anxiety and discomfort.
(c) Lack of sleep.
(d) Loneliness and depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does research in implicit bias show about perceptions of crime?

2. What does Diangelo say about race in relation to time and place?

3. When does racism occur?

4. What group does Diangelo say has been socialized into an internalized sense of superiority?

5. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?

(see the answer key)

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