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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The term “white gaze” carries what meaning?
(a) Framing as if from the perspective of oversaturation.
(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 BIPOC.

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 with 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 without compensation.

6. The term “adultification” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) The experience of being infused with more mature subject matter.
(b) The experience of adults being perceived and treated as older than they are.
(c) The experience of children being perceived and treated as older than they are.
(d) The experience of passing from being a minor to an adult in fact.

7. Which of the following holidays does Saad note as coming from a white-centered perspective?
(a) Thanksgiving in Canada.
(b) Thanksgiving in the U.S.
(c) The Fifth of November in the UK.
(d) The Fourth of July in the U.S.

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

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

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

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

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

13. In what year did Viola Davis accept the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2019.
(d) 2016.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, the term “absolve” carries what meaning?

2. How old does a Black boy have to be to begin to be perceived as an adult, according to Goff, et al. (142)?

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

4. The term “nonexhaustive” carries what meaning?

5. In what year were the Central Park Five alleged to have committed crimes?

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