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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase “people with white privilege” (70) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following does Saad list as a likely reaction to the work outlined in the book?

3. The term “Standard English” carries what meaning?

4. The acronym BIPOC means which of the following in the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is tone policing generally used?

3. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes the relative availability of dolls in discussing white superiority ideology?

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

5. Studies of argument frequently set aside emotional involvement as a bad thing. Why is the setting-aside itself a problem?

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

7. What does Saad list among reasons to commit to the work outlined in the book?

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

9. Saad notes that “On Day 7, we do not take a day off" (105). What is she likely referencing? Why would she reference it?

10. Why does DiAngelo view the question of “Now what do I do?” (11) as problematic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In “A Little about Me,” Saad rehearses her family background, noting her parents’ immigration history, their movements among countries, and their career paths. She uses her family’s experience and her own to situate herself as having authority to discuss the matters in the book. Wherein does she have authority? Wherein does she lack it? How does the text show it?

Essay Topic 2

One of the dominant patterns of language Saad uses in the book is anaphora, the repetition of initial words or phrases in successive sentences. Overall, what effect does the use of anaphora have in the book? How does it achieve that effect? How does it aid or hinder the overall work of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Saad notes that leadership carries additional responsibility (245-46). Others have written and spoken to the same. Look at one leader whom you follow. How does that leader take on additional responsibility? How should that leader do so to a greater extent? Why?

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