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

2. Saad describes white saviorism as which of the following?
(a) Confabulating.
(b) Congratulating.
(c) Condescending.
(d) Consigning.

3. The comparison Saad makes between unintentional racism and unintentionally stepping on someone’s foot in discussing being called out and called in is an example of which of the following (222)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Juxtaposition.

4. The term “white apathy” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) Engagement in concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.
(b) Disengagement from concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect others.
(c) Engagement in concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.
(d) Disengagement from concerns of racism by white-privileged people meant to help them protect themselves.

5. The term “vilified” refers to which of the following?
(a) Being made to seem as if neutral.
(b) Being made to seem as if useful.
(c) Being made to seem as if evil.
(d) Being made to seem as if good.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “collective subconscious” refers to which of the following?

2. The term “adultification” carries what meaning in the book?

3. Referring to a person by color is an example of which of the following?

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

5. The term “woke” carries what meaning in the context of antiracist work?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why, per Saad, is positive stereotyping harmful?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between white centering and white supremacy on the second day of the third week of work?

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

8. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes the CDC findings that Black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy than white women (126)?

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

10. Saad notes that mistakes are inevitable in effecting change. Why might it be a good thing that they are so?

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