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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book, the term “white superiority” carries what meaning?
(a) People with white or white-passing skin are not better than anyone else.
(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 better and should be silent.

2. 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?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

3. In addition to white, which of the following identities does Saad note carry privilege?
(a) Able-bodied.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Texan.
(d) Female.

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

5. Which of the following is a likely manifestation of white fragility?
(a) Calling in outside authorities to maintain conversations about race and racism.
(b) Calling in outside authorities to stop conversations about race and racism.
(c) Calling in outside authorities to stop conversations about fragility and breakability.
(d) Calling out outside authorities to stop conversations about race and racism.

6. Saad claims residence in which country?
(a) Yemen.
(b) Qatar.
(c) Bahrain.
(d) Kuwait.

7. The acronym BIPOC means which of the following in the book?
(a) Broken, Injured, and People of Contempt.
(b) Battered, Indigent, and People of Concern.
(c) Birds, Insects, and Plants of Commendation.
(d) Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

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

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

10. The phrase “people with white privilege” (70) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Alliteration.

11. In the book, the term “white bias” carries what meaning?
(a) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with positive attributes.
(b) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with no attributes.
(c) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with negative attributes.
(d) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with neutral attributes.

12. Which of the following does Saad write is not evidence of not being racist?
(a) "Seeing" color.
(b) "Not seeing" privilege.
(c) "Seeing" whiteness.
(d) "Not seeing" color.

13. The phrase “white privilege protects people” (62) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Alliteration.

14. Which of the following does Saad cite as an early indication of her exclusion?
(a) Difficulty hailing a cab.
(b) Difficulty making friends.
(c) Difficulty getting tacos.
(d) Difficulty buying makeup.

15. Which of the following is a reason Saad notes for writing the book?
(a) She wants to earn money for her work.
(b) She wants to garner fame and acclaim.
(c) She wants to make people suffer who have hurt her.
(d) She wants to help those who come after her feel better about themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “sequentially” carries what meaning?

2. The term “postracial” has what meaning?

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. The word “crux” carries what meaning?

5. At the end of Week 1, Saad reiterates that the work of the book looks for which of the following?

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