1. Saad writes about “the sticky web of white supremacy” (105). The phrase offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

2. Saad quotes McIntosh as describing white privilege “like an invisible knapsack” (53). The description is an example of which literary device?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metaphor.

3. Saad quotes Claudia Rankine as writing “For Serena, the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip" (71). The sentence offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

4. The challenge presented by the book spans how many days?
(a) 14.
(b) 30.
(c) 28.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. In the initial “doll tests,” how many dolls were used?

3. Saad cites which of the following questions as being asked in tone policing herself?

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

5. The term “white silence” carries what meaning in the book?

(see the answer key)

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