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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Referring to a person by color is an example of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Metonymy.

2. Which of the following does Saad cite in reviewing the third week of the work outlined in the book?
(a) Robin DiAngelo.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Octavia Butler.
(d) Maya Angelou.

3. Which of the following holidays does Saad note as coming from a white-centered perspective?
(a) Thanksgiving in the U.S.
(b) Thanksgiving in Canada.
(c) The Fifth of November in the UK.
(d) The Fourth of July in the U.S.

4. In the book, the phrase “playing the race card” carries what meaning?
(a) An accurate description of difficulties BIPOC encounter coming from equality.
(b) An accurate description of difficulties BIPOC encounter coming from racism.
(c) A pejorative ascribing difficulties BIPOC encounter to equality.
(d) A pejorative ascribing difficulties BIPOC encounter to racism.

5. Saad notes which of the following as a reaction to being called out or called in?
(a) Heartburn.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Indigestion.
(d) Diarrhea.

6. The term “woke” carries what meaning in the context of antiracist work?
(a) Being aware of racism and opposed to it.
(b) Being aware of racism and endorsing it.
(c) Being ignorant of racism and doing nothing with it.
(d) Being other than asleep in a bed.

7. In the book, the term “insidious” carries what meaning?
(a) Sneaky.
(b) Insightful.
(c) Honest.
(d) Open.

8. The term “white gaze” carries what meaning?
(a) Framing as if from the perspective of BIPOC.
(b) Framing as if from the perspective of no people.
(c) Framing as if from the perspective of white-privileged people.
(d) Framing as if from the perspective of oversaturation.

9. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?
(a) A Black protagonist who effects action through supernatural means.
(b) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through supernatural means.
(c) A supporting Black character who aids a Black protagonist through supernatural means.
(d) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through natural means.

10. In the book, the term “stereotyping” carries what meaning?
(a) Refusing people in pre-assigned roles based upon their perceived racial features.
(b) Reducing people to pre-assigned roles based upon their prior work and demonstrated capabilities.
(c) Reducing people to pre-assigned roles based upon their perceived racial features.
(d) Elevating people to pre-assigned roles based upon their perceived racial features.

11. The term “adultification” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) The experience of children being perceived and treated as older than they are.
(b) The experience of being infused with more mature subject matter.
(c) The experience of passing from being a minor to an adult in fact.
(d) The experience of adults being perceived and treated as older than they are.

12. The term "simultaneously" carries what meaning?
(a) At different times.
(b) In a false time.
(c) At no time.
(d) At the same time.

13. Saad ascribes which of the following beliefs of the so-called Church of Color Blindness?
(a) Racism will go away through refusal to acknowledge and act upon perceived racial differences.
(b) Racism will go away through making amends in historical and current-day harm.
(c) Racism will go away through awakening consciousness of privilege and racial harm.
(d) Racism will go away through systemic and institutional change.

14. 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.

15. The term “cultural appropriation” carries what meaning?
(a) Integration or assimilation of a dominant culture into a nondominant one.
(b) Adoption or exploitation of a nondominant culture by a dominant one.
(c) Integration or assimilation of a nondominant culture into a dominant one.
(d) Adoption or exploitation of a dominant culture by a nondominant one.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Viola Davis accept the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award?

2. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?

3. The phrase “the aggressive adversary, the sassy sidekick, or the deferent devotee to white women” (126) offers an example of which of the following?

4. The term “fetishizing” carries what meaning?

5. In the book, the term "anti-Blackness" carries what meaning?

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