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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 “allyship” carries what meaning?
(a) An active process of completing work to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.
(b) A fixed identity of being in solidarity with a marginalized group.
(c) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.
(d) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a dominant group.

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

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

4. The term “fetishizing” carries what meaning?
(a) Reducing to an inauthentic idea and praising that idea.
(b) Reducing to an inauthentic idea and insulting that idea.
(c) Reducing to an authentic idea and praising that idea.
(d) Reducing to a traditional idea and praising that idea.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Birth of a Nation released?

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

3. The term “white saviorism” carries what meaning?

4. Saad defines racism as which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad discusses being invited to speak at a UK festival (210-12)?

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

8. 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?

9. What does Saad note is the purpose of the third week of the work outlined in the book?

10. Why, per Saad, is tokenism problematic?

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