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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Diangelo learn about how white people discuss about race and racism?
(a) White people are generally very receptive to learning about racism.
(b) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it easy to discuss.
(c) White people do not see color.
(d) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it nearly impossible for them to understand it.

2. What is race?
(a) A social construct.
(b) Not significant in America.
(c) Only significant in America.
(d) A biological result.

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

4. What does Diangelo hear from white people about racism at her workshops?
(a) The same claims over and over.
(b) It varies from workshop to workshop.
(c) That we are living in a postracial world.
(d) That white people experience racism too.

5. What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?
(a) I Had a Dream.
(b) I Was Thinking Last Night.
(c) I Had a Nightmare.
(d) I Have an Idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does white people's use of racially coded language do, as stated in Chapter 7?

2. What racial group is the most represented in mainstream media?

3. What did Eva do after her first workshop?

4. What does the birdcage metaphor describe?

5. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

(see the answer key)

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