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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The term "simultaneously" carries what meaning?
(a) At the same time.
(b) At different times.
(c) At no time.
(d) In a false time.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. 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 not racist .
(b) Claiming that having married a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is racist .
(c) Claiming that having hired a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is racist .
(d) Claiming that having married a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is not racist.

10. Saad cites Amélie Lamont as including which of the following in allyship (216-17)?
(a) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the oppressed.
(b) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the problem.
(c) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the privileged.
(d) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the solution.

11. The comparison Saad makes between unintentional racism and unintentionally stepping on someone’s foot in discussing being called out and called in is an example of which of the following (222)?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Saad describes “tokenism as a handy Band-Aid” (195). The description is an instance of which of the following?

2. The term “fetishizing” carries what meaning?

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

4. The term “marginalized” carries what meaning?

5. Saad ascribes which of the following beliefs of the so-called Church of Color Blindness?

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