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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Week 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The term “white silence” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) Refusal to talk about racism around white people.
(b) Refusal to talk about racism to white people.
(c) Refusal to talk about racism with white people.
(d) Refusal to talk about racism by white people.

4. The phrase “a historical and modern-day contextual understanding” (63) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Anaphora.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which of the following does Saad write is not evidence of not being racist?

3. Saad quotes McIntosh as describing white privilege “like an invisible knapsack” (53). The description is an example of which literary device?

4. In the book, the term “white superiority” carries what meaning?

5. The term “white supremacy” carries what meaning?

(see the answer key)

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