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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Diangelo once joke about to a black colleague?
(a) A white colleague's hair.
(b) Another black colleague's hair.
(c) American slavery.
(d) The civil war.

2. Why is talking in general terms about race and racism harmful for people of color, according to Diangelo in Chapter 6?
(a) It emphasizes their difference.
(b) It suggests that racism is not important.
(c) It reinforces the focus on their group identity.
(d) It is impolite.

3. What was Mr. Roberts angry about?
(a) He did not like his job as a teacher.
(b) He felt like he was being undervalued at his job.
(c) He felt like he could not say anything without offending someone somehow.
(d) He did not like attending race workshops.

4. What does Diangelo write is integral to white identity?
(a) Racism.
(b) Anti-black sentiment.
(c) A sense of entitlement.
(d) Lack of social awareness.

5. What is it Diangelo's job to do?
(a) To give white people feedback on their racism.
(b) To give white people validation.
(c) To help people of color heal.
(d) To give people of color validation.

6. How did Diangelo push back against Eva?
(a) She told Eva to leave.
(b) She asked Eva if she had ever seen films or read books.
(c) She asked about how her experience living in the US for 20 years impacted her understanding of racism.
(d) She did not push back.

7. What do white people often want to do before they engage in racial discourse, according to Diangelo?
(a) Build trust.
(b) Talk about their past.
(c) Make friends.
(d) Ignore the subject at hand.

8. Whose actions, usually unintended, work to reproduce white supremacy, according to Diangelo?
(a) Asian people.
(b) Black people.
(c) White people.
(d) White women.

9. Where do we see anti-black sentiments in our daily lives, as stated in Chapter 6?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Only in predominatly white spaces.
(c) Only in predominantly black spaces.
(d) Everywhere.

10. At what point in her life did Diangelo experience a challenge to her racial identity?
(a) When she was a child.
(b) When she was a teenager.
(c) When she was a baby.
(d) When she was a full adult.

11. How do white people generally feel when they are challenged on their racism, according to Diangelo?
(a) Adored.
(b) Confused.
(c) Loved.
(d) Accused.

12. What does Diangelo say happens to people of color when people cry white tears?
(a) They are comforted.
(b) They are virtually ignored.
(c) They are hated.
(d) They are loved.

13. What does Diangelo state in Chapter 8 that white fragility function as a form of?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Self-care.
(d) Self-sabotage.

14. What did Eva say about Germany?
(a) She said there were no Asians in Germany.
(b) She said she hated Germany.
(c) She said there were no black people in Germany.
(d) She said there was a diverse range of people in Germany.

15. How did a female teacher who was Mr. Robert's colleague refer to one of her black students?
(a) "Boy."
(b) "Girl."
(c) "Honey."
(d) "Sweetie."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are companies expected to be able to do regarding affirmative action?

2. What do white people tend to assume aboout people of color who apply to jobs or schools?

3. What specific words do whites use to describe their feelings in the face of being challenged on their racism, as stated in Chapter 8?

4. What is one function of white fragility, according to Diangelo?

5. Who does Diangelo write that white fragility punishes in racial discourse?

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