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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is discrimination?
(a) Theory based prejudice.
(b) Action based prejudice.
(c) Using racial slurs.
(d) Perpetuating stereotypes.

2. What does Diangelo say happens when a white woman cries over racism?
(a) All attention goes to white people.
(b) All attention is given to her.
(c) All attention goes to white men.
(d) All attention goes to people of color.

3. Why was Diangelo taken aback in the early days of her work?
(a) So many white people expressed gratitude.
(b) So many people of color expressed gratitude.
(c) So many people of color expressed anger.
(d) So many white people expressed anger.

4. What are companies expected to be able to do regarding affirmative action?
(a) Be able to employ enough people of color to make up half the company.
(b) Be nice to people of color specifically.
(c) Be nice to their employees.
(d) Be able to articulate why they did not hire a qualified person of color.

5. Under what circumstances are white people at Diangelo's workshops receptive?
(a) When she lets them talk in small groups.
(b) When she draws pictures to provide visual aids.
(c) When she is abstract about racism.
(d) When she is direct about racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo write is integral to white identity?

2. What does Diangelo think about treating everyone the same, regardless of race?

3. What is the general understanding of whiteness, as defined in Chapter 2?

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

5. What is one common assumption white people make about themselves, according to Diangelo in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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