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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 “preemptively” carries what meaning?
(a) Done before the need.
(b) Done despite the need.
(c) Done without the need.
(d) Done after the need.

2. What does Saad identify as a danger of white exceptionalism to doing the work outlined in the book?
(a) Those who believe themselves not exceptional will not do the work.
(b) Those who believe themselves exceptional will do the work.
(c) Those who believe themselves exceptional will not do the work.
(d) Those who believe themselves not exceptional will do the work.

3. The repetition of “A person can be.…Not having [X] privilege does not cancel out one’s white privilege. A person can be [X] but still have white privilege” (57) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Chiasmus.

4. How many examples of white privilege does McIntosh articulate?
(a) 50.
(b) 10
(c) 20..
(d) 5.

5. Saad claims residence in which country?
(a) Yemen.
(b) Qatar.
(c) Bahrain.
(d) Kuwait.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Saad write is not evidence of not being racist?

2. 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?

3. The challenge presented by the book spans how many days?

4. The phrase “white privilege protects people” (62) offers an example of which of the following?

5. The term “complicity” carries what meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is tone policing generally used?

2. Why does Saad note that some persons of color will benefit from doing the work outlined in the book?

3. Saad notes that “On Day 7, we do not take a day off" (105). What is she likely referencing? Why would she reference it?

4. What does Saad note is the purpose of the work outlined in the book?

5. What does Saad list among reasons to commit to the work outlined in the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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