View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Week 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The repetition of “A person can be.…Not having [X] privilege does not cancel out one’s white privilege. A person can be [X] but still have white privilege” (57) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Chiasmus.

2. In the book, the term “superior” carries what meaning?
(a) Lesser, lower, and unimportant.
(b) Grander, broarder, and more eloquent.
(c) Better, higher, and more important.
(d) Smaller, narrower, and more taciturn.

3. At the end of Week 1, Saad reiterates that the work of the book denies looking for which of the following?
(a) Dramatic rejections of shame.
(b) Dramatic admissions of shame.
(c) Dramatic admissions of excellence.
(d) Dramatic admissions to performance.

4. At the end of Week 1, Saad urges those doing the work outlined in the book to do which of the following?
(a) Avoid shortcuts.
(b) Seek shortcuts.
(c) Break up.
(d) Break down.

5. Saad recounts Ellen Pence’s experience “sending her babysitting money to Martin Luther King Jr. [sic]” as supporting antiracist work (102). This offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Saad cite as an early indication of her exclusion?

3. Saad uses the term “unpacking” frequently in the book. Which of the following meanings does it carry in the book?

4. The term “love,” as Saad uses it in the context of her book, carries what meaning?

5. In the initial “doll tests,” how old were the children tested?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 349 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample