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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. “Phenotype” includes which of the following?
(a) Clothing preference.
(b) Skin color.
(c) Speech pattern.
(d) Hair style.

2. Which of the following does Saad list as an example of white silence?
(a) Staying in the room when family members make racist jokes.
(b) Leaving the room when family members make racist jokes.
(c) Adding jokes when family members make racist jokes.
(d) Laughing along when family members make racist jokes.

3. Saad uses the term “unpacking” frequently in the book. Which of the following meanings does it carry in the book?
(a) Emptying out for relief.
(b) Moving in and settling down.
(c) Taking things out of a bag or case.
(d) Bringing out small parts for examination.

4. The phrase “real, raw, ugly truths” (36) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Rhyme.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anaphora.

5. At the end of Week 1, Saad reiterates that the work of the book denies looking for which of the following?
(a) Dramatic admissions of shame.
(b) Dramatic admissions to performance.
(c) Dramatic rejections of shame.
(d) Dramatic admissions of excellence.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “preemptively” carries what meaning?

2. According to Freeman (54), how much of the human genome bears in on what is commonly called race?

3. In which U.S. Open was Serena Williams penalized for “‘verbal abuse’ after she called the umpire a ‘thief’” (71), despite other players having said far worse to far less penalty?

4. The term “postracial” has what meaning?

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

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