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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. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?
(a) It means to deny that they are human.
(b) It means to deny their reality.
(c) It means to deny their ancestry.
(d) It means to deny that they are not white.

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

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

4. How did people in the mid-1900s refer to the Northern part of the U.S.?
(a) "The Old North."
(b) "The Bad North."
(c) "The Enlightened North."
(d) "The Great North."

5. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in the workplace?
(a) Classism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Homophobia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

2. What does Diangelo not have to think about as a white person?

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

4. What is one claim Diangelo hears from white people often?

5. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the idea that racism is not a white problem do, according to Diangelo?

3. What is white solidarity, as defined by Diangelo?

4. What does research show about children and race?

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

6. Who is Robin Diangelo?

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

8. Who is actually allowed to assimilate in U.S. culture, according to Diangelo?

9. According to Diangelo, how do white people tend to react to the suggestion that being white has meaning?

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

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