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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point in her life did Diangelo experience a challenge to her racial identity?
(a) When she was a child.
(b) When she was a full adult.
(c) When she was a baby.
(d) When she was a teenager.

2. What are three key aspects to habitus that are relevant to white fragility?
(a) Field, Habitus, and Crenshaw.
(b) Field, Homostasis, and Captial.
(c) Field, Habitus, and Captial.
(d) Field, Guilt, and Corporation.

3. What did Diangelo once joke about to a black colleague?
(a) The civil war.
(b) Another black colleague's hair.
(c) A white colleague's hair.
(d) American slavery.

4. What is affirmative action?
(a) A tool to ensure that people of color do not sue companies and schools.
(b) A tool to ensure that white people have less professional opportunities than people of color.
(c) A tool to ensure that qualified minority applicants are given the same employment opportunities as white people.
(d) A tool to ensure that minority appliants do not get in based on their race alone.

5. According to Diangelo, what is one kind of behavior white people can exhibit when confronted about racism?
(a) Tweeting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Dancing.

6. Whose actions, usually unintended, work to reproduce white supremacy, according to Diangelo?
(a) Black people.
(b) White women.
(c) White people.
(d) Asian people.

7. Who does Diangelo write that white fragility punishes in racial discourse?
(a) The person giving feedback.
(b) White people only.
(c) Everyone.
(d) People of color only.

8. What does Diangelo not wish to do in addressing anti-black sentiments?
(a) Diminish the racism other groups of color experience.
(b) Speak in general terms.
(c) Seem anti-black.
(d) Diminish white people's experience.

9. What did Eva say she learned about race in Germany?
(a) Lots of things.
(b) Only some things.
(c) One or two things.
(d) Nothing.

10. In Chapter 7, what did the accused teachers fail to do, according to Diangelo?
(a) Take a racism workshop.
(b) Apologize to the students.
(c) Recognize their faults and consider the students' perspective.
(d) Complain about what had happened.

11. Where is the highest level of segregation according to a 2015 study?
(a) Between blacks and Asians.
(b) Between whites and Asians.
(c) Between blacks and whites.
(d) Between blacks and Latinx people.

12. What does Diangelo say happens to people of color when people cry white tears?
(a) They are virtually ignored.
(b) They are loved.
(c) They are hated.
(d) They are comforted.

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

14. What does Diangelo try to do if she feels moved to tears in a workshop?
(a) She does so loudly, and takes up space.
(b) She lets everyone know that it is normal to cry.
(c) She does so quietly, and does not take up space.
(d) She never cries.

15. What is an employer not required to do regarding affirmative action?
(a) Hire people based on skill set and experience.
(b) Hire a qualified person of color.
(c) Hire people based on merit.
(d) Hire an unqualified person of color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is talking about race and racism in general terms constructive for whites, according to Diangelo in Chapter 6?

2. According to Diangelo, what tends to happen when people of color give white people feedback on their racist actions?

3. According to Diangelo, what is another kind of common behavior white people exhibit when confronted about racism?

4. How do white people ineffectively apologize for their racism, as stated by Diangelo in Chapter 9?

5. What is field, as stated in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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