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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 group of people make up the majority who control the economy?
(a) Asian elite.
(b) Black elite.
(c) Working class whites.
(d) White elite.

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

3. Who does Diangelo say can be racist?
(a) Only people of color.
(b) Only Asian people.
(c) Only white people.
(d) Only white and black people.

4. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?
(a) Lack of sleep.
(b) Lack of exercise.
(c) Loneliness and depression.
(d) Anxiety and discomfort.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo write that she does not have to worry about?

2. What is color celebrate?

3. What do studies show about people of color in the workplace?

4. What professional fields do white people dominate in Western society?

5. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Diangelo say about how white folks' react to challenges to their racial world views?

5. What does Diangelo think about color blindness?

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

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

8. Who is Robin Diangelo?

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

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

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