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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 the chain of self-defense blame for white people's discomfort about racism, according to Diangelo?
(a) It blames white people who are violently racist.
(b) It blames black and brown people.
(c) It blames white people.
(d) It blames people with less social power.

2. Who is the focus of the anti-black film, The Blind Side?
(a) Michael Jordan, basketball star.
(b) Michael Oher, NFL player.
(c) Michael Buble, Canadian pop-singer.
(d) Michael Jackson, pop star.

3. According to Chapter 7, what is produced and reproduced by the continual social and material advantages of whiteness?
(a) White solidarity.
(b) White power.
(c) White supremacy.
(d) White fragility.

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

5. How do white people generally feel when they are challenged on their racism, according to Diangelo?
(a) Confused.
(b) Accused.
(c) Loved.
(d) Adored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo believe about stopping racist patterns?

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

3. What did a man of color once tell Diangelo when she asked what it would be like if white people listened and acted according to feedback from people of color?

4. What is field, as stated in Chapter 7?

5. Who have been the greatest beneficiaries of affirmative action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diangelo believe is more important than working to convince others that racist patterns exist?

2. What does Diangelo say about The Blind Side?

3. What is strange about white superiority despite its ubiquity, according to Diangelo?

4. What does Diangelo write is problematic about white people using the language of violence to describe their own white fragility?

5. What kinds of things are helpful to white people interested in challenging their internalized racism, according to Diangelo?

6. What is habitus?

7. What is anti-blackness rooted in?

8. What are some common emotional reactions white people have when their assumptions are challenged, according to Diangelo?

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

10. What does Diangelo say about anti-blackness?

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