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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term “Standard English” carries what meaning?
(a) English as expected in business and professional contexts.
(b) English as expected in bars and at parties.
(c) English as expected in law and ceremony.
(d) English as expected in games and at festivals.

2. When were the updated “doll tests” conducted?
(a) The 2000s.
(b) The 2010s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 1980s.

3. “White privilege” and “unconscious bias” are described in the book as being what for “white supremacy"?
(a) Antonyms.
(b) Homophones.
(c) Euphemisms.
(d) Eponyms.

4. In the book, the term “white bias” carries what meaning?
(a) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with positive attributes.
(b) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with no attributes.
(c) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with neutral attributes.
(d) The degree to which whiteness is perceived as correlated with negative attributes.

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

6. The term “Herculean” carries what meaning?
(a) Requiring great strength.
(b) Requiring great intelligence.
(c) Requiring great finesse.
(d) Requiring great looks.

7. Which of the following does Saad write is not evidence of not being racist?
(a) "Seeing" whiteness.
(b) "Not seeing" color.
(c) "Not seeing" privilege.
(d) "Seeing" color.

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

9. In the book, the term “benign” carries what meaning?
(a) Pleasant and agreeable.
(b) None of these.
(c) Good and helpful.
(d) Unharmful and innocent .

10. 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) Metaphor.
(d) Metonymy.

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

12. Saad cites which of the following questions as being asked in tone policing herself?
(a) Am I coming across as too angry?
(b) Am I coming across as too sad?
(c) Am I coming across as too happy
(d) Am I coming across as too beautiful?

13. The term “preemptively” carries what meaning?
(a) Done after the need.
(b) Done without the need.
(c) Done despite the need.
(d) Done before the need.

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

15. Saad writes “I have come to see white exceptionalism as a double-sided weapon” (96), giving an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Analogy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Saad list as an example of white silence?

3. What tips does Saad recommend for doing the work outlined in the book?

4. The phrase “white privilege protects people” (62) offers an example of which of the following?

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

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