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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Engagement in concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.
(c) Engagement in concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.
(d) Disengagement from concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect others.

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

4. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of brand tokenism?
(a) Showing one or only a few BIPOC in an office or event.
(b) Showing no BIPOC in an office or event.
(c) Showing a majority of BIPOC in an office or event.
(d) Showing only BIPOC in an office or event.

5. The term “cultural appreciation” carries what meaning?
(a) Respectful employment of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.
(b) Disrespectful employment of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.
(c) Elimination of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.
(d) Taking ownership of one culture’s practices by members of another culture.

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

7. The term “allyship” carries what meaning?
(a) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.
(b) A fixed identity of being in solidarity with a marginalized group.
(c) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a dominant group.
(d) An active process of completing work to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.

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

9. Which of the following movies does Saad identify as demonstrating white saviorism?
(a) Pocahontas.
(b) The Last Airbender.
(c) Avatar.
(d) Ferngully.

10. Which of the following does Saad cite in reviewing the third week of the work outlined in the book?
(a) Octavia Butler.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Robin DiAngelo.

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

12. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?
(a) A supporting Black character who aids a white 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 Black protagonist through supernatural means.

13. The term “nonexhaustive” carries what meaning?
(a) Not having a tail pipe.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Does not make tired.
(d) Taking in.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The term “microaggression” carries what meaning?

5. The term “exoticizing” refers to which of the following?

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