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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does aversive racism allow people to do, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) It allows people to enact in racism in ways that do not let them maintain a positive self-image.
(b) It allows people to enact in racism in ways that let them maintain a positive self-image.
(c) It allows people of color to discriminate against white people.
(d) It allows white people to target certain ethnic groups in any way they please.

2. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?
(a) Any white person who marched in the sixties.
(b) Any white person who thinks they are racist.
(c) Any white person who thinks they are not racist.
(d) Any white person who does not see color.

3. What do people of color typically deal with in the workplace?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Homophobia and transphobia.
(c) Classism.
(d) Racism and tokenism.

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

5. What kinds of audiences does Diangelo primarily lead?
(a) Primarily Asian audiences.
(b) Primarily white audiences.
(c) Primarily black audiences.
(d) Mixed audiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common white response to race issues in the name of color blindness, as stated in Chapter 3?

2. What does Diangelo state in Chapter 8 that white fragility function as a form of?

3. What maintains our social comfort and helps us regain it when those around us do not act in familiar and acceptable ways, as stated in Chapter 7?

4. Why is talking about race and racism in general terms constructive for whites, according to Diangelo in Chapter 6?

5. What happens when whites employ terms that connote physical violence to describe their feelings toward being challenged, as stated in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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