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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. 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?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2016.

2. The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality study found that Black girls are perceived as which of the following in relation to white girls (143)?
(a) More protected.
(b) More independent.
(c) More needy.
(d) More in need of support.

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

4. The term “African American Vernacular English” carries what meaning?
(a) English as commonly spoken by African Americans in formal settings.
(b) African languages as commonly spoken by Americans in England.
(c) English as commonly spoken by African Americans outside formal settings.
(d) English as commonly spoken by Africans in America.

5. In the book, the term “proponents” carries what meaning?
(a) People in support of.
(b) People in ignorance of.
(c) People unaffected by
(d) People in opposition to.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase “a historical and modern-day contextual understanding” (63) offers an example of which of the following?

2. An acronym is which of the following?

3. Saad quotes Claudia Rankine as writing “For Serena, the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip" (71). The sentence offers examples of which of the following?

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

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

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