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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Diangelo believe causes the most damage to people of color?
(a) People of color.
(b) Mixed race people.
(c) White conversatives.
(d) White progressives.

2. 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."

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

4. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?
(a) Loneliness and depression.
(b) Anxiety and discomfort.
(c) Lack of sleep.
(d) Lack of exercise.

5. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?
(a) It means to deny their reality.
(b) It means to deny their ancestry.
(c) It means to deny that they are human.
(d) It means to deny that they are not white.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is this book written for?

3. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?

4. What does Diangelo state is always present in a relationship between a white person and a person of color?

5. Who is pounding their fist in the first anecdote of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two key ideologies in Western culture that make exploring cultural frameworks difficult?

2. According to Diangelo, wow is whiteness perceived in society?

3. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in terms of race on a daily basis?

4. What is new racism?

5. What is white solidarity, as defined by Diangelo?

6. Who is actually allowed to assimilate in U.S. culture, according to Diangelo?

7. What is white flight?

8. What does Diangelo think about color blindness?

9. How was Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech misinterpreted by white people?

10. Who is Robin Diangelo?

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