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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do whites characterize themselves in the discourse of self-defense, according to Diangelo?
(a) As allies.
(b) As sidekicks.
(c) As heroes.
(d) As victims.

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

3. What do white people tend to assume aboout people of color who apply to jobs or schools?
(a) People assume whether they get in will be based on merit.
(b) They do not assume anything.
(c) People commonly believe that if a person of color applies for a position, he or she will be rejected.
(d) People commonly believe that if a person of color applies for a position, he or she must be hired over a white person.

4. What is affirmative action?
(a) A tool to ensure that people of color do not sue companies and schools.
(b) A tool to ensure that white people have less professional opportunities than people of color.
(c) A tool to ensure that minority appliants do not get in based on their race alone.
(d) A tool to ensure that qualified minority applicants are given the same employment opportunities as white people.

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

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

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

9. What did one unhappy program participant email Diangelo that she would rather talk about than race?
(a) Class.
(b) Movies.
(c) Gender.
(d) Sex.

10. What does white people's use of racially coded language do, as stated in Chapter 7?
(a) Makes people of color feel good about themselves.
(b) Reproduces racist images and perspectives.
(c) Reproduces positive images about race.
(d) Makes white people seem less racist.

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

12. Who said, "if privilege is defined as a legitimization of one’s entitlement to resources, it can also be defined as permission to escape or avoid any challenges to this entitlement” (112).
(a) Professor of social work Rich Vodde.
(b) Singer Cher.
(c) Robin Diangelo.
(d) Author Toni Morrison.

13. How do white people ineffectively apologize for their racism, as stated by Diangelo in Chapter 9?
(a) By stating that the victim is too sensitive.
(b) By stating that they meant something else.
(c) By stating that the harm they inflicted was not intended.
(d) By stating that they did not know any better.

14. Who is the focus of the anti-black film, The Blind Side?
(a) Michael Jordan, basketball star.
(b) Michael Buble, Canadian pop-singer.
(c) Michael Oher, NFL player.
(d) Michael Jackson, pop star.

15. Who is Mr. Roberts?
(a) A teacher at a school whom Diangelo worked with after he make insensitive comments to a black student.
(b) Diangelo's husband.
(c) A white man who attended one of Diangelo's workshops on his own free will.
(d) Diangelo's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might progressive whites respond in racism workshops like the ones Diangelo leads?

2. What maintains our social comfort and helps us regain it when those around us do not act in familiar and acceptable ways, as stated in Chapter 7?

3. According to Diangelo, what tends to happen when people of color give white people feedback on their racist actions?

4. What does Diangelo write is integral to white identity?

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

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