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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 “less” than those in it.
(c) Believing those outside the “civilized” center are equal to those in it.
(d) Believing those inside the “civilized” center are “less” than those outside it.

2. Saad notes which of the following as a reaction to being called out or called in?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Indigestion.
(c) Heartburn.
(d) Diarrhea.

3. Saad notes that which of the following is a synonym for “optical allyship?”
(a) Ally theater.
(b) All of these.
(c) Antiracist work.
(d) Anonymous donation.

4. In the book, the term "anti-Blackness" carries what meaning?
(a) Discrimination, violence, and other harm affecting people of color.
(b) Discrimination, violence, and other harm affecting white people.
(c) Discrimination, violence, and other harm affecting Black people.
(d) Discrimination, violence, and other harm affecting no people.

5. Saad cites Brené Brown as asserting which of the following as a reaction to being called out or called in (221)?
(a) The biting blow of rebuke.
(b) The cool compress of certainty.
(c) The warm wash of shame.
(d) The grand grip of disdain.

6. 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.

7. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is described as having what background?
(a) Dominican.
(b) Puerto Rican.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Argentinian.

8. In the book, the term “stereotyping” carries what meaning?
(a) Reducing people to pre-assigned roles based upon their prior work and demonstrated capabilities.
(b) Refusing people in pre-assigned roles based upon their perceived racial features.
(c) Elevating people to pre-assigned roles based upon their perceived racial features.
(d) Reducing people to pre-assigned roles based upon their perceived racial features.

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

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

11. The term “tokenizing” refers to which of the following?
(a) Taking a single or a few isolated instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(b) Taking no instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(c) Taking a totality of instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(d) Taking a majority of instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.

12. Which of the following holidays does Saad note as coming from a white-centered perspective?
(a) Canada Day in Canada.
(b) The Fourth of July in the US.
(c) The Fifth of November in the UK.
(d) Australia Day in Australia.

13. The term “marginalized” carries what meaning?
(a) Pushed to the outside and made less important.
(b) Pushed to the outside and made more important.
(c) Pushed to the inside and made less important.
(d) Pushed to the inside and made more important.

14. Saad writes that BIPOC are often told something like “But unfortunately, I’m just too busy right now. Unfortunately, I’m just too tired right now. Unfortunately, it’s just not a priority for me right now” (175). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Analogy.

15. Which of the following does Saad exclude from reasons that white-privileged people do not get to determine whether they are performing allyship?
(a) White-privileged people could be performing optical allyship.
(b) White-privileged people cannot be allies.
(c) White-privileged people are possibly engaging in tokenism.
(d) White-privileged people might be white centering.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “color blindness” carries what meaning in the book?

2. Saad uses which of the following definitions for being called out?

3. Saad cites Amélie Lamont as including which of the following in allyship (216-17)?

4. The term “collective subconscious” refers to which of the following?

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

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