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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. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?
(a) All women.
(b) All humans.
(c) All animals.
(d) All men.

2. What is aversive racism?
(a) A manifestation of racism that well-intentioned people who see themselves as educated are more likely to exhibit.
(b) A manifestation of racism that only people who are bad and immoral are likely to exhibit.
(c) Racism that only affects certain ethnic groups.
(d) Reverse racism.

3. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?
(a) They represent old, antiquated ideas.
(b) They represent certain people's experience.
(c) They represent the universal human experience.
(d) They represent the experience of modern Americans.

4. With what common phrase do white people claim to value diversity?
(a) "I listen to all kinds of music."
(b) "I know people of color."
(c) "I don't see color."
(d) "I love all races."

5. What does research say about children and race?
(a) White children believe themselves to be less than their person of color peers.
(b) White children do not care about race.
(c) White children develop a sense of superiority as early as preschool.
(d) White children do not understand race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the system of racism begin with?

2. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?

3. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?

4. What is ideology?

5. What does the suggestion that being white has meaning tend to impact white people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is race?

2. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?

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

4. Who is Robin Diangelo?

5. How was Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech misinterpreted by white people?

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

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

8. What does research show about children and race?

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

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

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