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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 does Diangelo ask white people to consider about racism?
(a) That it only matters if they make it an issue.
(b) That it is a matter of life and death.
(c) That they try to be less white.
(d) That they try to make friends with people of color.

2. What does Diangelo say of race relations?
(a) Only people of color understand them.
(b) They are profoundly complex.
(c) They are profoundly simple.
(d) Only white people understand them.

3. What happens when disquilibrium occurs, as stated in Chapter 7?
(a) White solidarity happens but only in certain situations.
(b) White fragility restores equilibrium and returns the capital lost.
(c) Nothing happens.
(d) White fragility does not restore equilibrium.

4. What group does Diangelo say has been socialized into an internalized sense of superiority?
(a) White people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Mixed race people.
(d) Asian people.

5. What does Diangelo say Mr. Roberts and his colleague were unable to do?
(a) Be nice to kids.
(b) Swallow their pride.
(c) See color.
(d) Separate intention from impact.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo try to do if she feels moved to tears in a workshop?

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

3. What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?

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

5. Why can white people not be trusted when it comes to perceptions of race and crime, according to Diangelo?

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