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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Diangelo think about treating everyone the same, regardless of race?
(a) She says only certain people can be taught to treat everyone the same.
(b) She says it is impossible to teach someone to treat everyone the same.
(c) She says it is possible to teach someone to treat everyone the same.
(d) She says only people of color can treat everyone the same.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is ideology?
(a) The ideas that white people have about people of color.
(b) The ideas that a certain percentage of society abides by.
(c) The ideas that people of color have about white people.
(d) The big ideas that are reinforced throughout society.

8. 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 not objective.
(b) Human beings are inherently bad.
(c) Human beings are not subjective.
(d) Human beings are inherently good.

9. Who is pounding their fist in the first anecdote of the book?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) A white man.
(d) A black woman.

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

11. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?
(a) A small idea that got bigger and bigger over time.
(b) Both good and bad intentions.
(c) Bad intentions.
(d) Good intentions.

12. What is new racism?
(a) The ways that racism shows itself in the younger generations.
(b) The ways that racism shows itself in social media.
(c) New racist slurs.
(d) A term used to capture the ways in which racism has adapted over time so that modern norms and practices result in similar racial outcomes as those in the past.

13. Why is it problematic to deny a person of color's race, as Diangelo writes in Chapter 3?
(a) Because a person of color might want to be seen.
(b) Because it is not polite.
(c) Because it means being complicit in the fight against racism.
(d) It is not problematic.

14. Why is the past considered an ideal time for whites, as stated in Chapter 4?
(a) Because racism went largely unchallenged.
(b) Because nobody cared about racism yet.
(c) Because people of color did not exist yet.
(d) Because the music was better.

15. What did Diangelo learn about how white people discuss about race and racism?
(a) White people are generally very receptive to learning about racism.
(b) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it nearly impossible for them to understand it.
(c) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it easy to discuss.
(d) White people do not see color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does research say about children and race?

2. What is white solidarity?

3. Who is this book written for?

4. What do studies show about people of color in the workplace?

5. How does the good/bad binary affect the average white person, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?

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