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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the birdcage metaphor describe?
(a) The interlocking forces of oppression.
(b) The forces of good and evil in society.
(c) How humans and animals interact.
(d) How black people and white people interact.

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

3. What does Diangelo not have to think about as a white person?
(a) Getting pulled over by cops.
(b) How she looks.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Belonging.

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

5. What group does Diangelo say has been socialized into an internalized sense of superiority?
(a) White people.
(b) Mixed race people.
(c) Asian people.
(d) Black people.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?

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

3. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?

4. What does Diangelo say of race relations?

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

(see the answer key)

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