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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do studies show about people of color in the workplace?
(a) That they dominate most professions.
(b) That they are largely unemployed.
(c) That they are discriminated against.
(d) That they are treated as equal to their white counterparts.

2. What does Diangelo say Mr. Roberts and his colleague were unable to do?
(a) See color.
(b) Separate intention from impact.
(c) Swallow their pride.
(d) Be nice to kids.

3. What are companies expected to be able to do regarding affirmative action?
(a) Be able to employ enough people of color to make up half the company.
(b) Be nice to people of color specifically.
(c) Be able to articulate why they did not hire a qualified person of color.
(d) Be nice to their employees.

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

5. How do whites characterize themselves in the discourse of self-defense, according to Diangelo?
(a) As sidekicks.
(b) As victims.
(c) As heroes.
(d) As allies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is this book written for?

3. What is white people's general definition of racism, according to Diangelo?

4. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?

5. What does the system of racism begin with?

(see the answer key)

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