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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Diangelo write that she does not have to worry about?
(a) What she looks like physically.
(b) Getting a decent paying job.
(c) How others feel about her race.
(d) Being followed by staff in a grocery store.

2. 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 white people to target certain ethnic groups in any way they please.
(d) It allows people of color to discriminate against white people.

3. What racial group is the most represented in mainstream media?
(a) Black people.
(b) Asian people.
(c) White people.
(d) Latinx people.

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

5. What is the concept of the melting pot?
(a) The idea that America is for white people only.
(b) The idea that global warming has an impact on race talk.
(c) The idea that global warming harms the US the most.
(d) The idea that America is an amalgamation of all different cultures.

6. What does Diangelo say about the state of Western society?
(a) Only white people care about race.
(b) It is very much equal by race.
(c) Only people of color care about race.
(d) It is deeply separate and unequal by race.

7. What group of people make up the majority who control the economy?
(a) Working class whites.
(b) Black elite.
(c) Asian elite.
(d) White elite.

8. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?
(a) From its invisibility.
(b) From people of color.
(c) From white people.
(d) From its visibility.

9. What is white privilege?
(a) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are against racism.
(b) Certain advantages for whites that can still be enjoyed by light-skinned people of color.
(c) Certain advantages that are taken for granted by whites and that cannot be similarly enjoyed by people of color in the same context.
(d) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are racist.

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

11. What is race?
(a) Not significant in America.
(b) Only significant in America.
(c) A social construct.
(d) A biological result.

12. What racial groups are stopped by police more than any other?
(a) Black and Latinx.
(b) Black and White.
(c) White and Asian.
(d) White and Pacific Islander.

13. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?
(a) They represent the universal human experience.
(b) They represent certain people's experience.
(c) They represent old, antiquated ideas.
(d) They represent the experience of modern Americans.

14. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?
(a) No.
(b) She think it both has and has not.
(c) Yes.
(d) She does not mention time in relation to racism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?

2. When does racism occur?

3. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?

4. What does Diangelo not have to think about as a white person?

5. What is one claim Diangelo hears from white people often?

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