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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 do white racial assumptions and behaviors do, according to Diangelo in Chapter 9?
(a) Favor people of color.
(b) Reject racism.
(c) Protect racism.
(d) Favor mixed race people.

2. Why is talking in general terms about race and racism harmful for people of color, according to Diangelo in Chapter 6?
(a) It emphasizes their difference.
(b) It reinforces the focus on their group identity.
(c) It is impolite.
(d) It suggests that racism is not important.

3. What does Diangelo try to do if she feels moved to tears in a workshop?
(a) She lets everyone know that it is normal to cry.
(b) She does so quietly, and does not take up space.
(c) She does so loudly, and takes up space.
(d) She never cries.

4. What is the status of white superiority in relation to white people, as stated in Chapter 8?
(a) It is named and welcomed by most whites.
(b) Most whites do not value white superiority.
(c) It is both unnamed and denied by most whites.
(d) Most whites are unaware of white superiority.

5. What does Diangelo write anti-blackness rooted in?
(a) Bad blood.
(b) Misinformation.
(c) Misunderstandings.
(d) Mistakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one unhappy program participant email Diangelo that she would rather talk about than race?

2. What happens in Diangelo's workshops when she points out racism that is happening in the room?

3. What do white people need to interrupt white fragility, according to Diangelo?

4. Whose actions, usually unintended, work to reproduce white supremacy, according to Diangelo?

5. What did Eva say she learned about race in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. White fragility can be understood as a response to what, according to Diangelo?

2. What does habitus depend upon?

3. How does white fragility function as a form of bullying, as explained by Diangelo?

4. According to Diangelo, how does white people's avoidance of discomfort in race talk affect their potential for growth?

5. How do white people protect their positions of power, according to Diangelo?

6. What kind of language does Diangelo say whites can use to victimize themselves in moments in which they are challenged?

7. What does it mean to be "less white"?

8. What do white racial assumptions do for white people and society as a whole?

9. Under what conditions does Diangelo say white people are responsive to her racism talks?

10. What does Diangelo write happens to white people when disequilibrium occurs?

(see the answer keys)

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