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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "if privilege is defined as a legitimization of one’s entitlement to resources, it can also be defined as permission to escape or avoid any challenges to this entitlement” (112).
(a) Robin Diangelo.
(b) Professor of social work Rich Vodde.
(c) Singer Cher.
(d) Author Toni Morrison.

2. When does whiteness exist according to Coates?
(a) Only in the presence of blackness.
(b) Only in the presence of non-whiteness.
(c) Only in our hisory books.
(d) Everywhere.

3. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?
(a) They represent old, antiquated ideas.
(b) They represent the experience of modern Americans.
(c) They represent certain people's experience.
(d) They represent the universal human experience.

4. What is color celebrate?
(a) It claims that the person sees and embraces racial difference.
(b) It claims that everyone is different.
(c) It claims that the person sees but does not value racial difference.
(d) It claims that everyone should be proud of their race.

5. How did people in the mid-1900s refer to the Northern part of the U.S.?
(a) "The Great North."
(b) "The Enlightened North."
(c) "The Bad North."
(d) "The Old North."

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of audiences does Diangelo primarily lead?

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

3. How does the idea that racism is not a white problem impact whites, as outlined in Chapter 4?

4. 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?

5. What does research say about children and race?

(see the answer key)

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