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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The term “cultural appropriation” carries what meaning?
(a) Adoption or exploitation of a dominant culture by a nondominant one.
(b) Integration or assimilation of a dominant culture into a nondominant one.
(c) Integration or assimilation of a nondominant culture into a dominant one.
(d) Adoption or exploitation of a nondominant culture by a dominant one.

10. The term “tokenism” carries what meaning?
(a) Making no efforts towards inclusion.
(b) Making minimal efforts to present the appearance of inclusion.
(c) Making maximum efforts to present the appearance of inclusion.
(d) Making efforts to enact inclusion in fact.

11. The term “woke” carries what meaning in the context of antiracist work?
(a) Being aware of racism and opposed to it.
(b) Being ignorant of racism and doing nothing with it.
(c) Being aware of racism and endorsing it.
(d) Being other than asleep in a bed.

12. The term “white apathy” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) Disengagement from concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.
(b) Disengagement from concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect others.
(c) Engagement in concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.
(d) Engagement in concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.

13. In the book, the term “proponents” carries what meaning?
(a) People unaffected by
(b) People in ignorance of.
(c) People in opposition to.
(d) People in support of.

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

15. In what year were the Central Park Five alleged to have committed crimes?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, the term "anti-Blackness" carries what meaning?

2. The term “white saviorism” carries what meaning?

3. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?

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

5. Which of the following holidays does Saad note as coming from a white-centered perspective?

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