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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term “love,” as Saad uses it in the context of her book, carries what meaning?
(a) Acting out of an interest in self-gain.
(b) Acting out of an interest greater than self-gain.
(c) Acting out of not altering when it alteration finds.
(d) Acting out of a desire for feelings of warmth and reward.

2. Saad writes about “the sticky web of white supremacy” (105). The phrase offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metaphor.

3. Which of the following is a reason Saad notes for writing the book?
(a) She wants to make people suffer who have hurt her.
(b) She wants to help those who come after her feel better about themselves.
(c) She wants to earn money for her work.
(d) She wants to garner fame and acclaim.

4. Which of the following is a likely manifestation of white fragility?
(a) Trying to convince people they’ve imagined racism.
(b) Trying to convince people they’ve observed racism.
(c) Trying to convince people they’ve experienced racism .
(d) Trying to convince people they've defined racism.

5. Which of the following does Saad write is not evidence of not being racist?
(a) "Not seeing" privilege.
(b) "Seeing" whiteness.
(c) "Seeing" color.
(d) "Not seeing" color.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “Herculean” carries what meaning?

2. The term “gaslighting” carries what meaning?

3. What meaning does the term “white fragility” carry?

4. According to Freeman (54), how much of the human genome bears in on what is commonly called race?

5. In the book, the term “white superiority” carries what meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is tone policing generally used?

2. How does white silence protect those with white privilege?

3. How does the desire to seem good hamper being good?

4. What are some self-care practices likely to be helpful when carrying out the work outlined in the book?

5. How might introversion be used to justify white silence?

6. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad reproduces the text of an email in discussing white superiority ideology (88)?

7. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad cites Ellen Pence in discussing white exceptionalism (101-02)?

8. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad cites the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? How so?

9. Studies of argument frequently set aside emotional involvement as a bad thing. Why is the setting-aside itself a problem?

10. Why would a person work through the book sequentially?

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