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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Diangelo learn about how white people discuss about race and racism?
(a) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it nearly impossible for them to understand it.
(b) White people are generally very receptive to learning about racism.
(c) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it easy to discuss.
(d) White people do not see color.

2. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in the workplace?
(a) Classism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Homophobia.
(d) Sexism.

3. Who does the chain of self-defense blame for white people's discomfort about racism, according to Diangelo?
(a) It blames white people who are violently racist.
(b) It blames white people.
(c) It blames people with less social power.
(d) It blames black and brown people.

4. What limits white people from forming connections across racial lines, according to Diangelo?
(a) Their tendency to retreat from the discomfort of authentic racial engagement.
(b) Their lack of social awareness.
(c) Their lack of knowledge about racism in American history.
(d) Their tendency to embrace the discomfort of authentic racial engagements.

5. What is color celebrate?
(a) It claims that everyone should be proud of their race.
(b) It claims that everyone is different.
(c) It claims that the person sees and embraces racial difference.
(d) It claims that the person sees but does not value racial difference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo say Mr. Roberts and his colleague were unable to do?

2. What does Robin Diangelo do for a living?

3. Why is the past considered an ideal time for whites, as stated in Chapter 4?

4. What is white people's general definition of racism, according to Diangelo?

5. What racial groups are stopped by police more than any other?

(see the answer key)

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