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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who mistinterpreted some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) Black people.
(b) White people.
(c) Asian people.
(d) Immigrants.

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

3. What is a common white response to race issues in the name of color blindness, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) To think that white people can experience racism.
(b) To assume that racism is not an issue in society.
(c) To think that acknowleding racism is racist.
(d) To assume that people of color are unaffected by racism.

4. What does racism need to be distinguished from in order to understand it, according to Diangelo?
(a) Good and evil.
(b) Assumptions and bias.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Prejudice and discrimination.

5. What, according to Diangelo, do white people need to understand in order to understand white fragility?
(a) American history.
(b) Pyschology.
(c) The forces of socialization.
(d) Good vs. Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the general understanding of whiteness, as defined in Chapter 2?

2. What does a person mean when they say they are colorblind?

3. What does the term "race talk" imply?

4. What does Diangelo say about racism in relation to society?

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

(see the answer key)

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