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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 ideology?
(a) The big ideas that are reinforced throughout society.
(b) The ideas that white people have about people of color.
(c) The ideas that people of color have about white people.
(d) The ideas that a certain percentage of society abides by.

2. How do white people --typically older generations -- sometimes refer to the past?
(a) "The Worse of Times."
(b) "The Good Old Days."
(c) "The Best of Times."
(d) "A Nightmare."

3. What is objectivity?
(a) Objectivity holds that it is impossible to be free of bias.
(b) Objectivity holds that race is complex.
(c) Objectivity holds that it is possible to be free of bias.
(d) Objectivity holds that race is simple.

4. Who is Robin Diangelo?
(a) An Asian woman.
(b) A black woman.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A Native American woman.

5. What does Diangelo think about the good/bad binary?
(a) She thinks it is sensible.
(b) She thinks it is a false dichotomy.
(c) She thinks it only affects white people.
(d) She thinks it only affects people of color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people make up the majority who control the economy?

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

3. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

4. As stated in Chapter 4, what about Diangelo's person makes it so that she is automatically perceived as qualified and competent?

5. Why is the past considered an ideal time for whites, as stated in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a common response to race-talk in the name of colorblindness?

3. According to Diangelo, who was considered to be racist after the civil rights movement?

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

5. What is white flight?

6. What does the term color celebrate mean, as defined by Diangelo?

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

8. Who is Robin Diangelo?

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

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

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