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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 the good/bad binary?
(a) It is a concept that makes racism seem complex.
(b) It is a concept that makes racism seem simplistic.
(c) It is a concept that makes racism more tolerable for people of color.
(d) It is a concept that makes racism seem normal.

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

3. Why was Diangelo taken aback in the early days of her work?
(a) So many people of color expressed gratitude.
(b) So many people of color expressed anger.
(c) So many white people expressed anger.
(d) So many white people expressed gratitude.

4. What do people generally think constitutes a "good" neighborhood, as stated in Chapter 2?
(a) A mostly POC population.
(b) A mostly white population.
(c) An ethically varied population.
(d) Good schools.

5. What do studies show about people of color in the workplace?
(a) That they are discriminated against.
(b) That they are treated as equal to their white counterparts.
(c) That they are largely unemployed.
(d) That they dominate most professions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the idea that racism is not a white problem impact whites, as outlined in Chapter 4?

2. How do white people --typically older generations -- sometimes refer to the past?

3. What is white privilege?

4. What is white people's general definition of racism, according to Diangelo?

5. What is ideology?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Robin Diangelo?

2. What is white flight?

3. What are the two key ideologies in Western culture that make exploring cultural frameworks difficult?

4. What does Diangelo say about how one's parent's can affect their views on race?

5. What does Diangelo think about color blindness?

6. What is new racism?

7. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?

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

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

10. What has the good/bad binary done to white people, according to Diangelo?

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