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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does white people's moral objection to racism increase, according to Diangelo?
(a) Their understanding of people of color.
(b) Their ability to aknowledge their complicity with it.
(c) Their understanding of American history.
(d) Their resistance to acknowledging their complicity with it.

2. What is one common assumption white people make about themselves, according to Diangelo in Chapter 9?
(a) That they are different from other white people.
(b) That they are free of racism.
(c) That other white people are like them.
(d) That they are born racist.

3. What does Diangelo write anti-blackness rooted in?
(a) Mistakes.
(b) Misinformation.
(c) Misunderstandings.
(d) Bad blood.

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

5. Why is talking about race and racism in general terms constructive for whites, according to Diangelo in Chapter 6?
(a) It sounds better.
(b) It interrupts individualism.
(c) It makes them feel less racist.
(d) It is more polite.

6. What are white tears?
(a) When white people cry for people of color.
(b) White fragility manifested when white people realize their own racism.
(c) When white people cry about things not related to racism.
(d) White fragility manifested through white people's laments over how hard racism is on them.

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. What is capital, as stated in Chapter 7?
(a) The social value people hold in a particular field.
(b) A social construct.
(c) A city in a state.
(d) Monetary value.

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

13. What is an employer not required to do regarding affirmative action?
(a) Hire people based on merit.
(b) Hire people based on skill set and experience.
(c) Hire a qualified person of color.
(d) Hire an unqualified person of color.

14. What specific words do whites use to describe their feelings in the face of being challenged on their racism, as stated in Chapter 8?
(a) Torture, war.
(b) Love, acceptance.
(c) Affection, fondness.
(d) Trauma, anxiety.

15. Why do people cry white tears?
(a) They feel loved.
(b) They feel empathy.
(c) They feel attacked.
(d) They feel sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What limits white people from forming connections across racial lines, according to Diangelo?

2. What did one unhappy program participant email Diangelo that she would rather talk about than race?

3. Under what circumstances are white people at Diangelo's workshops receptive?

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

5. Who are corporations more likely to favor regarding affirmative action, as stated in Chapter 6?

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