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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. Saad reports which of the following as emphasized by white supremacist stereotypes?
(a) BIPOC are different and therefore no threat.
(b) BIPOC are different and therefore a threat.
(c) BIPOC are the same as white people.
(d) BIPOC are different and therefore to be welcomed.

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

3. In the book, the term “proponents” carries what meaning?
(a) People unaffected by
(b) People in ignorance of.
(c) People in support of.
(d) People in opposition to.

4. Saad writes that BIPOC are often told something like “But unfortunately, I’m just too busy right now. Unfortunately, I’m just too tired right now. Unfortunately, it’s just not a priority for me right now” (175). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Conceit.

5. Saad defines racism as which of the following?
(a) Egalitarianism absent systemic power.
(b) Prejudice coupled with systemic power.
(c) Prejudice absent systemic power.
(d) Egalitarianism coupled with systemic power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saad cites Amélie Lamont as including which of the following in allyship (216-17)?

2. The term “exoticizing” refers to which of the following?

3. The term “white apathy” carries what meaning in the book?

4. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?

5. Saad writes that white supremacy is “a really scary jigsaw puzzle” (170). The comment is an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?

2. Saad makes a point of noting the backgrounds of the sources she cites throughout her book. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when she does so?

3. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Latham Thomas at length (212-13)?

4. What benefit/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?

5. What does Saad articulate as the primary differences between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation?

6. Saad makes particular mention of the hijab as an issue of white saviorism (206). Why might she have done so, based upon the materials included in the book?

7. Part of the problem inherent in tokenism is that of the small sample size; a single iteration cannot be assumed to be authentically representative. What, per Saad, might be one means of addressing tokenism?

8. What is meant in the book by “representation,” particularly as pertains to Viola Davis’s speech (123-25)?

9. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Toni Morrison at length (183-85)?

10. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that biracial, multiracial, and white-passing persons of color are likely to experience particular discomfort in addressing the work of the week. What reason does she give for her statement?

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