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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What definition of “apathy” is used in the book?
(a) Prevalence of feeling, emotion, interest, and / or concern.
(b) Lack of a direction to be followed.
(c) Having too many directions to follow.
(d) Lack of feeling, emotion, interest, and / or concern.

2. Saad writes that white supremacy is “a really scary jigsaw puzzle” (170). The comment is an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

3. The term “colorism” refers to which of the following?
(a) Discrimination against lighter-skinned persons within racial groups.
(b) Discrimination against darker-skinned persons within racial groups.
(c) Discrimination against darker-haired persons within racial groups.
(d) Discrimination against particular palettes within racial groups.

4. Saad describes “tokenism as a handy Band-Aid” (195). The description is an instance of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

5. An acronym is which of the following?
(a) A high-wire or trapeze act.
(b) An abbreviation formed from within a single word.
(c) An abbreviation formed from initial letters and used as a word.
(d) A high name used to hide an identity.

6. The term "misogynoir" carries what meaning?
(a) Apathy directed at Black women in U.S. popular culture.
(b) Love directed at Black women in U.S. popular culture.
(c) Hatred directed at Black women in UK popular culture.
(d) Hatred directed at Black women in U.S. popular culture.

7. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?
(a) Use of racial stereotypes.
(b) Use of optical allyship.
(c) Use of white silence.
(d) Use of white apathy.

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

9. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of storytelling tokenism?
(a) Showing a majority of BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.
(b) Showing one or only a few BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.
(c) Showing only BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.
(d) Showing no BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.

10. In the book, the phrase “playing the race card” carries what meaning?
(a) A pejorative ascribing difficulties BIPOC encounter to racism.
(b) An accurate description of difficulties BIPOC encounter coming from racism.
(c) A pejorative ascribing difficulties BIPOC encounter to equality.
(d) An accurate description of difficulties BIPOC encounter coming from equality.

11. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?
(a) A Black protagonist who effects action through supernatural means.
(b) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through supernatural means.
(c) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through natural means.
(d) A supporting Black character who aids a Black protagonist through supernatural means.

12. The term “inclusivity” carries what meaning?
(a) Bringing different groups in in minimal fashion.
(b) Bringing different groups in in emergent fashion.
(c) Bringing different groups in in representative fashion.
(d) Bringing different groups in in no fashion.

13. The term “colonialist” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) Believing those outside the “civilized” center are “more” than those in it.
(b) Believing those outside the “civilized” center are equal to those in it.
(c) Believing those inside the “civilized” center are “less” than those outside it.
(d) Believing those outside the “civilized” center are “less” than those in it.

14. The term “exoticizing” refers to which of the following?
(a) Looking at features of a given item as remote from and therefore repellant to members of a nondominant group.
(b) Looking at features of a given item as remote from and therefore repellant to members of a dominant group.
(c) Looking at features of a given item as remote from and therefore enticing to members of a nondominant group.
(d) Looking at features of a given item as remote from and therefore enticing to members of a dominant group.

15. In what year was Birth of a Nation released?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “blackface” carries what meaning?

2. Referring to a person by color is an example of which of the following?

3. The phrase “the aggressive adversary, the sassy sidekick, or the deferent devotee to white women” (126) offers an example of which of the following?

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

5. Saad describes white saviorism as which of the following?

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