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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Diangelo believes tears driven by white guilt are what?
(a) Pathetic.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Self-indulgent.
(d) Normal.

2. What is field, as stated in Chapter 7?
(a) A open space in the prairies.
(b) The specific place a person is originally from.
(c) The specific social context a person is in.
(d) An invitation to bring new ideas.

3. According to Diangelo, what is one kind of behavior white people can exhibit when confronted about racism?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Tweeting.
(c) Crying.
(d) Dancing.

4. What do white racial assumptions and behaviors do, according to Diangelo in Chapter 9?
(a) Reject racism.
(b) Favor people of color.
(c) Favor mixed race people.
(d) Protect racism.

5. What happens in Diangelo's workshops when she points out racism that is happening in the room?
(a) White fragility errupts.
(b) Only the people of color care.
(c) Only a few people care.
(d) Nothing happens.

6. What is the status of white superiority in relation to white people, as stated in Chapter 8?
(a) It is both unnamed and denied by most whites.
(b) Most whites are unaware of white superiority.
(c) It is named and welcomed by most whites.
(d) Most whites do not value white superiority.

7. Who is Kimberle Crenshaw?
(a) Critical race scholar.
(b) A scientist.
(c) An actress.
(d) A film director.

8. What is one function of white fragility, according to Diangelo?
(a) To love others.
(b) To bully others.
(c) To protect white privilege.
(d) To protect people of color.

9. What does Diangelo ask others do for her?
(a) Let her use racial slurs.
(b) Help her teach workshops.
(c) Give her some slack.
(d) Hold her accountable.

10. What is a person’s internalized awareness of their status, as well as response to the status of others?
(a) Habitatus.
(b) Homostatic.
(c) Habitus.
(d) Homostasis.

11. According to Chapter 7, what is produced and reproduced by the continual social and material advantages of whiteness?
(a) White power.
(b) White supremacy.
(c) White fragility.
(d) White solidarity.

12. According to Diangelo, what tends to happen when people of color give white people feedback on their racist actions?
(a) It usually goes over well.
(b) Sometimes it goes well, sometimes it does not.
(c) People of color never confront white people.
(d) It does not go over well.

13. Under what circumstances are white people at Diangelo's workshops receptive?
(a) When she is abstract about racism.
(b) When she draws pictures to provide visual aids.
(c) When she lets them talk in small groups.
(d) When she is direct about racism.

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

15. Who is known for the concept of habitus?
(a) Kimberle Crenshaw.
(b) Robin Diangelo.
(c) Pierre Bourdieu.
(d) Paula Abdul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the focus of the anti-black film, The Blind Side?

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

3. What happens when disquilibrium occurs, as stated in Chapter 7?

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

5. What happens when whites employ terms that connote physical violence to describe their feelings toward being challenged, as stated in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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