View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is white people's general definition of racism, according to Diangelo?
(a) Perpetuating racist stereotypes.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Using racial slurs.
(d) Intentional acts of racial discrimination committed by an immoral person.

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

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

4. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?
(a) Any white person who marched in the sixties.
(b) Any white person who does not see color.
(c) Any white person who thinks they are racist.
(d) Any white person who thinks they are not racist.

5. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?
(a) It means to deny their reality.
(b) It means to deny that they are human.
(c) It means to deny that they are not white.
(d) It means to deny their ancestry.

6. Who does race have a hand in shaping?
(a) Race does not shape people.
(b) People of color only.
(c) Everyone.
(d) White people only.

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

8. With what common phrase do white people claim to value diversity?
(a) "I don't see color."
(b) "I know people of color."
(c) "I love all races."
(d) "I listen to all kinds of music."

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

10. What does Diangelo think about the good/bad binary?
(a) She thinks it is a false dichotomy.
(b) She thinks it is sensible.
(c) She thinks it only affects white people.
(d) She thinks it only affects people of color.

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

12. What does "white flight" refer to?
(a) White people trying to justify their own racism.
(b) The phenomenon of white families fleeing neighborhoods to escape to the suburbs and avoid the influx of people of color.
(c) The phenomenon of white people moving into neighborhoods mostly occupie by people of color.
(d) When Amelia Earhart flew a plane over the Pacific Ocean.

13. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in the workplace?
(a) Homophobia.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Racism.
(d) Classism.

14. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?
(a) Racism in movies and TV.
(b) Colorblind racism.
(c) Racial slurs.
(d) Stereoytpes.

15. What happens to whites who are against racism?
(a) They have more friends of color.
(b) They still benefit from a system that privileges whites.
(c) They go to historically black colleges.
(d) Their white privileges are revoked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is new racism?

2. What crime does Diangelo liken racism to?

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

4. What does the system of racism begin with?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 637 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample