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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does research say about children and race?
(a) White children do not care about race.
(b) White children do not understand race.
(c) White children develop a sense of superiority as early as preschool.
(d) White children believe themselves to be less than their person of color peers.

3. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?
(a) A small idea that got bigger and bigger over time.
(b) Both good and bad intentions.
(c) Bad intentions.
(d) Good intentions.

4. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?
(a) Any white person who marched in the sixties.
(b) Any white person who does not see color.
(c) Any white person who thinks they are not racist.
(d) Any white person who thinks they are racist.

5. Why was Diangelo taken aback in the early days of her work?
(a) So many people of color expressed anger.
(b) So many white people expressed gratitude.
(c) So many white people expressed anger.
(d) So many people of color expressed gratitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was socially acceptable for whites to do before the civil rights movement?

2. What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?

3. What does the birdcage metaphor describe?

4. Who used the slogan "Make America Great Again" in their presidential campaign?

5. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

(see the answer key)

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