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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did a female teacher who was Mr. Robert's colleague refer to one of her black students?
(a) "Honey."
(b) "Boy."
(c) "Girl."
(d) "Sweetie."

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

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

4. What do people generally think constitutes a "good" neighborhood, as stated in Chapter 2?
(a) An ethically varied population.
(b) Good schools.
(c) A mostly POC population.
(d) A mostly white population.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo hear from white people about racism at her workshops?

2. With what common phrase do white people claim to value diversity?

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

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

5. What does white people's use of racially coded language do, as stated in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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