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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Week 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term “blackface” carries what meaning?
(a) White people painting themselves as black to depict Black characters.
(b) Painting a surface black to hide or emphasize it.
(c) People putting on black masks to hide their faces.
(d) Black people darkening their own skin to appear to be more fully Black.

2. The term “preemptively” carries what meaning?
(a) Done without the need.
(b) Done after the need.
(c) Done before the need.
(d) Done despite the need.

3. Saad writes “I have come to see white exceptionalism as a double-sided weapon” (96), giving an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metonymy.

4. The term “cultural appreciation” carries what meaning?
(a) Elimination of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.
(b) Respectful employment of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.
(c) Disrespectful employment of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.
(d) Taking ownership of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.

5. When were the initial “doll tests” conducted?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1930s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Saad list as an example of white superiority behavior?

2. Saad uses which of the following definitions for being called out?

3. What does Saad identify as a danger of white exceptionalism to doing the work outlined in the book?

4. Saad quotes Claudia Rankine as writing “For Serena, the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip” (71). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following movies does Saad identify as demonstrating white saviorism?

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