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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?
(a) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through natural means.
(b) A Black protagonist who effects action through supernatural means.
(c) A supporting Black character who aids a Black protagonist through supernatural means.
(d) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through supernatural means.

2. The term “complicity” carries what meaning?
(a) Full, needing nothing.
(b) Put together, built.
(c) Going along with, supporting.
(d) Intricate, having many parts.

3. The term “tokenizing” refers to which of the following?
(a) Taking a totality of instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(b) Taking no instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(c) Taking a majority of instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(d) Taking a single or a few isolated instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.

4. In the initial “doll tests,” how many dolls were used?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

5. The term "misogynoir" carries what meaning?
(a) Love directed at Black women in U.S. popular culture.
(b) Apathy directed at Black women in U.S. popular culture.
(c) Hatred directed at Black women in U.S. popular culture.
(d) Hatred directed at Black women in UK popular culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saad cites the CDC as reporting Black women as how much more likely to die from pregnancy-related conditions than white women (126)?

2. The phrase “people with white privilege” (70) offers an example of which of the following?

3. The term “Standard English” carries what meaning?

4. The term “vilified” refers to which of the following?

5. In what year were the Central Park Five alleged to have committed crimes?

(see the answer key)

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