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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does research say about children and race?
(a) White children do not understand race.
(b) White children develop a sense of superiority as early as preschool.
(c) White children believe themselves to be less than their person of color peers.
(d) White children do not care about race.

4. What is one fundamental truth about human beings that is imperative to understanding racism and white fragility, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?
(a) Human beings are inherently good.
(b) Human beings are not subjective.
(c) Human beings are not objective.
(d) Human beings are inherently bad.

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

6. Who is this book written for?
(a) White people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Latinx people.
(d) Asian people.

7. What is the good/bad binary?
(a) It is a concept that makes racism seem complex.
(b) It is a concept that makes racism more tolerable for people of color.
(c) It is a concept that makes racism seem normal.
(d) It is a concept that makes racism seem simplistic.

8. How does the good/bad binary affect race talk, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?
(a) It makes it pleasurable to talk to white people about racism.
(b) It makes it difficult to talk to people of color about racism.
(c) It makes it easy to talk to white people about racism.
(d) It makes it impossible to talk to white people about racism.

9. Historically, who is allowed to assimilate in the U.S.?
(a) Irish immigrants.
(b) Asian immigrants.
(c) Italian immigrants.
(d) African immigrants.

10. What does Diangelo say about racism in relation to society?
(a) It is only an issue for white people.
(b) It is deeply embedded in society.
(c) It is only an issue for people of color.
(d) It is present in society but not a big deal.

11. What does the system of racism begin with?
(a) History.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Action.
(d) Ideology.

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

13. Who does Diangelo say can be racist?
(a) Only people of color.
(b) Only white people.
(c) Only white and black people.
(d) Only Asian people.

14. What crime does Diangelo liken racism to?
(a) Murder.
(b) Theft.
(c) Treason.
(d) Adultery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?

2. What are the two ideologies in Western culture that make exploring cultural frameworks difficult?

3. What does racism need to be distinguished from in order to understand it, according to Diangelo?

4. Who is Robin Diangelo?

5. What does the suggestion that being white has meaning tend to impact white people?

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