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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 social construct.
(c) A biological result.
(d) Only significant in America.

2. What racial groups are stopped by police more than any other?
(a) Black and White.
(b) White and Pacific Islander.
(c) Black and Latinx.
(d) White and Asian.

3. What is the general understanding of whiteness, as defined in Chapter 2?
(a) That it is desirable.
(b) That it is normal and the standard for human.
(c) That is is abnormal and not considered the standard.
(d) That it is unwanted.

4. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?
(a) From its visibility.
(b) From white people.
(c) From people of color.
(d) From its invisibility.

5. What does research say about children and race?
(a) White children do not care about race.
(b) White children do not understand race.
(c) White children develop a sense of superiority as early as preschool.
(d) White children believe themselves to be less than their person of color peers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Diangelo write that she does not have to worry about?

4. What is objectivity?

5. What does aversive racism allow people to do, as stated in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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