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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 concept of the melting pot?
(a) The idea that America is for white people only.
(b) The idea that global warming has an impact on race talk.
(c) The idea that America is an amalgamation of all different cultures.
(d) The idea that global warming harms the US the most.

2. What does Diangelo think about treating everyone the same, regardless of race?
(a) She says it is impossible to teach someone to treat everyone the same.
(b) She says only people of color can treat everyone the same.
(c) She says it is possible to teach someone to treat everyone the same.
(d) She says only certain people can be taught to treat everyone the same.

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

4. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?
(a) Any white person who thinks they are racist.
(b) Any white person who does not see color.
(c) Any white person who marched in the sixties.
(d) Any white person who thinks they are not racist.

5. What is one claim Diangelo hears from white people often?
(a) "I don't see color."
(b) "I hate people of color."
(c) "I don't need to understand racism."
(d) "Racism is not real."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?

2. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?

3. Who mistinterpreted some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, as stated in Chapter 3?

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

5. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is new racism?

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

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

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

9. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?

10. What is discrimination?

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