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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Week 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term “color blindness” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) That a person does not notice or does not act upon perceived differences in race.
(b) That a person does not notice but acts upon perceived differences in race.
(c) That a person makes much of perceived differences in race.
(d) That a person notices and acts upon perceived differences in race.

2. The term “blackface” carries what meaning?
(a) White people painting themselves as black to depict Black characters.
(b) Painting a surface black to hide or emphasize it.
(c) People putting on black masks to hide their faces.
(d) Black people darkening their own skin to appear to be more fully Black.

3. The term “nonexhaustive” carries what meaning?
(a) Incomplete.
(b) Does not make tired.
(c) Not having a tail pipe.
(d) Taking in.

4. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of brand tokenism?
(a) Showing only BIPOC in an office or event.
(b) Showing no BIPOC in an office or event.
(c) Showing a majority of BIPOC in an office or event.
(d) Showing one or only a few BIPOC in an office or event.

5. The term “love,” as Saad uses it in the context of her book, carries what meaning?
(a) Acting out of an interest in self-gain.
(b) Acting out of not altering when it alteration finds.
(c) Acting out of an interest greater than self-gain.
(d) Acting out of a desire for feelings of warmth and reward.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “white-passing” carries what meaning?

2. In the book, the term “white bias” carries what meaning?

3. Which of the following is a reason Saad notes for writing the book?

4. How old does a Black boy have to be to begin to be perceived as an adult, according to Goff, et al. (142)?

5. Saad quotes Claudia Rankine as writing “For Serena, the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip” (71). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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