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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is race?
(a) Only significant in America.
(b) A social construct.
(c) Not significant in America.
(d) A biological result.

2. What is one claim Diangelo hears from white people often?
(a) "I hate people of color."
(b) "Racism is not real."
(c) "I don't need to understand racism."
(d) "I don't see color."

3. What is the concept of the melting pot?
(a) The idea that America is an amalgamation of all different cultures.
(b) The idea that America is for white people only.
(c) The idea that global warming harms the US the most.
(d) The idea that global warming has an impact on race talk.

4. Who used the slogan "Make America Great Again" in their presidential campaign?
(a) Bernie Sanders.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Donald Trump.

5. What professional fields do white people dominate in Western society?
(a) Virtually all traditional professional fields.
(b) Medical world.
(c) Music industry.
(d) Film industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo think about treating everyone the same, regardless of race?

2. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?

3. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?

4. What is a common white response to race issues in the name of color blindness, as stated in Chapter 3?

5. What is one fundamental truth about human beings that is imperative to understanding racism and white fragility, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diangelo say about teaching people to treat everyone the same?

2. According to Diangelo, wow is whiteness perceived in society?

3. What is discrimination?

4. What is the concept of the melting pot?

5. What is aversive racism?

6. As Diangelo writes in Chapter 5, when was it socially acceptable for white people to be openly racist?

7. What is the racial ideology in the U.S., as defined by Diangelo?

8. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in terms of race on a daily basis?

9. Why was Diangelo taken back by white audiences in the early days of her work?

10. What is the system of racism?

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