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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. At the end of Week 1, Saad reiterates that the work of the book looks for which of the following?
(a) Manipulating truth.
(b) Denying truth.
(c) Creating truth.
(d) Handling truth.

2. Saad writes about “the sticky web of white supremacy” (105). The phrase offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

3. Which of the following does Saad list as an example of white superiority behavior?
(a) Primarily reading female authors.
(b) Primarily reading no authors.
(c) Primarily reading BIPOC authors.
(d) Primarily reading white authors.

4. What meaning does the term “white fragility” carry?
(a) Enthusiasm for discussions of race by white people.
(b) Breakability of bones in white people.
(c) Intolerance of discussions of race by white people.
(d) Tolerance of discussions of race by white people.

5. The term “love,” as Saad uses it in the context of her book, carries what meaning?
(a) Acting out of not altering when it alteration finds.
(b) Acting out of an interest in self-gain.
(c) Acting out of an interest greater than self-gain.
(d) Acting out of a desire for feelings of warmth and reward.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the initial “doll tests” conducted?

2. Which of the following does Saad include among the purposes of the work outlined in the book?

3. 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?

4. When were the updated “doll tests” conducted?

5. Saad recounts Ellen Pence’s experience “sending her babysitting money to Martin Luther King Jr. [sic]” as supporting antiracist work (102). This offers an example of which of the following?

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