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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 “Herculean” carries what meaning?
(a) Requiring great finesse.
(b) Requiring great intelligence.
(c) Requiring great looks.
(d) Requiring great strength.

2. What meaning does the term “white fragility” carry?
(a) Breakability of bones in white people.
(b) Tolerance of discussions of race by white people.
(c) Intolerance of discussions of race by white people.
(d) Enthusiasm for discussions of race by white people.

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

4. Saad cites which of the following questions as being asked in tone policing herself?
(a) Am I coming across as too beautiful?
(b) Am I coming across as too angry?
(c) Am I coming across as too sad?
(d) Am I coming across as too happy

5. Which of the following does Saad cite as an early indication of her exclusion?
(a) Difficulty getting tacos.
(b) Difficulty buying makeup.
(c) Difficulty hailing a cab.
(d) Difficulty making friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the initial “doll tests” conducted?

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

3. In which U.S. Open was Serena Williams penalized for “‘verbal abuse’ after she called the umpire a ‘thief’” (71), despite other players having said far worse to far less penalty?

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

5. The term “love,” as Saad uses it in the context of her book, carries what meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does white fragility imperil BIPOC?

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

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

4. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes the relative availability of dolls in discussing white superiority ideology?

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

6. Why does Saad note that she uses the admittedly unpleasant term “white supremacy” for the problem she addresses in her book?

7. Why would a person work through the book non-sequentially?

8. Why does DiAngelo view the question of “Now what do I do?” (11) as problematic?

9. Saad quotes Audre Lorde as saying “Revolution is not a one-time event” (46). In the context of the book, what does the quote mean?

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

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