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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term “allyship” carries what meaning?
(a) A fixed identity of being in solidarity with a marginalized group.
(b) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a dominant group.
(c) An active process of completing work to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.
(d) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.

2. Saad cites Amélie Lamont as including which of the following in allyship (216-17)?
(a) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the problem.
(b) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the oppressed.
(c) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the solution.
(d) Acknowledging that the conversation is about the privileged.

3. In what year did Viola Davis accept the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2018.

4. Which of the following holidays does Saad note as coming from a white-centered perspective?
(a) The Fourth of July in the US.
(b) Canada Day in Canada.
(c) The Fifth of November in the UK.
(d) Australia Day in Australia.

5. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of emotional labor tokenism?
(a) Requiring a present BIPOC to answer questions about racism with compensation.
(b) Requiring a present white-privileged person to answer questions about racism without compensation.
(c) Requiring a present white-privileged person to answer questions about racism with compensation .
(d) Requiring a present BIPOC to answer questions about racism without compensation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “white saviorism” carries what meaning?

2. The term “cultural appreciation” carries what meaning?

3. What definition of “apathy” is used in the book?

4. The term “colonialist” carries what meaning in the book?

5. The term “nonexhaustive” carries what meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Toni Morrison at length (183-85)?

2. What problem/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?

3. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that biracial, multiracial, and white-passing persons of color are likely to experience particular discomfort in addressing the work of the week. What reason does she give for her statement?

4. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes the CDC findings that Black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy than white women (126)?

5. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Asam Ahmad in discussing being called in / called out (219-20)?

6. What is meant in the book by “representation,” particularly as pertains to Viola Davis’s speech (123-25)?

7. Saad notes that mistakes are inevitable in effecting change. Why might it be a good thing that they are so?

8. What does Saad note is the purpose of the third week of the work outlined in the book?

9. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between white centering and white supremacy on the second day of the third week of work?

10. Saad points out that personal mental health and behavioral issues are not necessarily justifications for not doing antiracist work. What reason/s does she give for the assertion?

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