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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 “postracial” has what meaning?
(a) Biased against posts.
(b) Following a contest of speed.
(c) Races no longer exist.
(d) Skin color and physical features no longer matter.

2. 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) Rhyme.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Chiasmus.

3. When were the initial “doll tests” conducted?
(a) The 1940s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1920s.

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

5. In the book, the term “white superiority” carries what meaning?
(a) People with white or white-passing skin are not better than anyone else.
(b) People with white or white-passing skin are better and deserve to dominate.
(c) People with white or white-passing skin are better and must serve.
(d) People with white or white-passing skin are better and should be silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saad quotes Claudia Rankine as writing “For Serena, the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip" (71). The sentence offers examples of which of the following?

2. The term “African American Vernacular English” carries what meaning?

3. “White privilege” and “unconscious bias” are described in the book as being what for “white supremacy"?

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

5. Which of the following are noted by Saad as extreme examples of adherents to white superiority?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does white fragility imperil BIPOC?

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

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

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

5. Why does Saad refer to her work as shared with a global audience?

6. For whom does Saad write the book? That is, who is her expected primary audience for it?

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

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

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

10. What evidence is often cited against the existence of white privilege?

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