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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 aversive racism?
(a) A manifestation of racism that only people who are bad and immoral are likely to exhibit.
(b) Reverse racism.
(c) Racism that only affects certain ethnic groups.
(d) A manifestation of racism that well-intentioned people who see themselves as educated are more likely to exhibit.

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

3. How are Diagelo's workshops today different from those in her early days?
(a) She does not have any participants of color.
(b) She does not have as many white people reacting in extreme ways.
(c) It is not different.
(d) She has less white paricipants.

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

5. Why do people cry white tears?
(a) They feel loved.
(b) They feel sadness.
(c) They feel attacked.
(d) They feel empathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo write is one very common claim white people use when challenged about racism?

2. Who is this book written for?

3. As stated in Chapter 4, what about Diangelo's person makes it so that she is automatically perceived as qualified and competent?

4. What happens to whites who are against racism?

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

(see the answer key)

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