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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Week 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Saad quotes McIntosh as describing white privilege “like an invisible knapsack” (53). The description is an example of which literary device?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

2. 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) Analogy.
(d) Metonymy.

3. The term “white centering” carries what meaning?
(a) The establishment of BIPOC and their perceived norms as the standards of comparison.
(b) The disestablishment of all perceived norms as standards of comparison.
(c) The establishment of white people and their perceived norms as the standards of comparison.
(d) The disestablishment of white people and their perceived norms as the standards of comparison.

4. The term “misogynoir” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Spoonerism.
(b) Malapropism.
(c) Portmanteau.
(d) Euphemism.

5. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of relational tokenism?
(a) Claiming that having married a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is racist .
(b) Claiming that having hired a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is racist .
(c) Claiming that having married a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is not racist.
(d) Claiming that having hired a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is not racist .

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following movies does Saad identify as demonstrating white saviorism?

2. The term “gaslighting” carries what meaning?

3. The phrase “people with white privilege” (70) offers an example of which of the following?

4. What does Saad list as her own reasons to continue the work outlined in the book?

5. The term “cultural appropriation” carries what meaning?

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