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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. What does Saad identify as a danger of white exceptionalism to doing the work outlined in the book?
(a) Those who believe themselves exceptional will do the work.
(b) Those who believe themselves not exceptional will do the work.
(c) Those who believe themselves exceptional will not do the work.
(d) Those who believe themselves not exceptional will not do the work.

2. In the book, the term “white superiority” carries what meaning?
(a) People with white or white-passing skin are better and should be silent.
(b) People with white or white-passing skin are better and deserve to dominate.
(c) People with white or white-passing skin are better and must serve.
(d) People with white or white-passing skin are not better than anyone else.

3. What does Saad list as her own reasons to continue the work outlined in the book?
(a) Commitment to truth, justice, and the American way.
(b) Commitment to overthrowing British society.
(c) Commitment to love, truth, and being a good ancestor.
(d) Commitment to finding a good time.

4. How many examples of white privilege does McIntosh articulate?
(a) 5.
(b) 20..
(c) 50.
(d) 10

5. 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 with white people.
(c) Refusal to talk about racism by white people.
(d) Refusal to talk about racism to white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “preemptively” carries what meaning?

2. Saad uses the term “unpacking” frequently in the book. Which of the following meanings does it carry in the book?

3. The term “gaslighting” carries what meaning?

4. In the initial “doll tests,” how old were the children tested?

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

(see the answer key)

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