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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 “collective subconscious” refers to which of the following?
(a) Accurate and correct understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(b) Foregrounded and stated understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(c) Inaccurate and ill-informed understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(d) Background, often unstated, understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.

2. The term “white gaze” carries what meaning?
(a) Framing as if from the perspective of BIPOC.
(b) Framing as if from the perspective of no people.
(c) Framing as if from the perspective of oversaturation.
(d) Framing as if from the perspective of white-privileged people.

3. Which of the following holidays does Saad note as coming from a white-centered perspective?
(a) Thanksgiving in the U.S.
(b) Thanksgiving in Canada.
(c) The Fourth of July in the U.S.
(d) The Fifth of November in the UK.

4. The term “inclusivity” carries what meaning?
(a) Bringing different groups in in emergent fashion.
(b) Bringing different groups in in no fashion.
(c) Bringing different groups in in minimal fashion.
(d) Bringing different groups in in representative fashion.

5. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?
(a) Use of white silence.
(b) Use of racial stereotypes.
(c) Use of optical allyship.
(d) Use of white apathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “white-passing” carries what meaning?

2. Saad notes that Black women are often either superhumanized or dehumanized. The note offers an example of which of the following?

3. The term "misogynoir" carries what meaning?

4. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of emotional labor tokenism?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, per Saad, is tokenism problematic?

2. 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?

3. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between racist stereotypes and the perpetuation of white supremacy on the fifth day of Week 2?

4. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Asam Ahmad in discussing being called in / called out (219-20)?

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

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

7. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that those doing the work should not voice their discomfort to BIPOC if they are not BIPOC. What reason does she give for her statement?

8. Saad points out that personal mental health and behavioral issues are not necessarily justifications for not doing antiracist work. What reason/s does she give for the assertion?

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

10. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?

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