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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Saad notes that Black women are often either superhumanized or dehumanized. The note offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Juxtaposition.

2. The term “color blindness” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) That a person does not notice but acts upon perceived differences in race.
(b) That a person notices and acts upon perceived differences in race.
(c) That a person makes much of perceived differences in race.
(d) That a person does not notice or does not act upon perceived differences in race.

3. The term “collective subconscious” refers to which of the following?
(a) Foregrounded and stated understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(b) Background, often unstated, understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(c) Inaccurate and ill-informed understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(d) Accurate and correct understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.

4. Saad writes “Like a fish cannot see the water it is swimming in and like we human beings cannot see the air we breathe” (189). The phrase offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of emotional labor tokenism?
(a) Requiring a present BIPOC to answer questions about racism without compensation.
(b) Requiring a present white-privileged person to answer questions about racism without compensation.
(c) Requiring a present BIPOC to answer questions about racism with compensation.
(d) Requiring a present white-privileged person to answer questions about racism with compensation .

6. Saad defines racism as which of the following?
(a) Prejudice coupled with systemic power.
(b) Egalitarianism absent systemic power.
(c) Prejudice absent systemic power.
(d) Egalitarianism coupled with systemic power.

7. The term “blackface” carries what meaning?
(a) Painting a surface black to hide or emphasize it.
(b) White people painting themselves as black to depict Black characters.
(c) People putting on black masks to hide their faces.
(d) Black people darkening their own skin to appear to be more fully Black.

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

9. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?
(a) Use of tone policing.
(b) Use of anti-Blackness.
(c) Use of white fragility.
(d) Use of white centering.

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

11. In the book, the term “insidious” carries what meaning?
(a) Open.
(b) Insightful.
(c) Honest.
(d) Sneaky.

12. How old does a Black boy have to be to begin to be perceived as an adult, according to Goff, et al. (142)?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

13. Referring to a person by color is an example of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Synecdoche.

14. The term “white gaze” carries what meaning?
(a) Framing as if from the perspective of BIPOC.
(b) Framing as if from the perspective of no people.
(c) Framing as if from the perspective of white-privileged people.
(d) Framing as if from the perspective of oversaturation.

15. In the book, the term “derogatory” carries what meaning?
(a) Exulting.
(b) Insulting.
(c) Uplifting.
(d) Appraising.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of storytelling tokenism?

4. The term “white-passing” carries what meaning?

5. The term "simultaneously" carries what meaning?

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