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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Part Six: Backlash".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," what does Wilkerson say was the true purpose behind erecting Confederate monuments?
(a) To ensure that the history of the South is not forgotten.
(b) To terrorize Blacks and remind them of white power.
(c) To remind Northerners of the cultural distinctness of the American South.
(d) To make white Southerners feel better about losing the war.

2. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does the Nigerian playwright tell Wilkerson about Blacks in Africa?
(a) They also have a history of slavery.
(b) They do not exist.
(c) They are also prejudiced against Black Americans.
(d) They are afraid to come to the U.S.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," what peaceful demonstrator is deliberately run over and killed in Charlottesville, Virginia?
(a) Wesley Norris.
(b) Nigel Dunkley.
(c) Heather Heyer.
(d) Mitch Landrieu.

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," whom does Wilkerson quote as saying that there was nothing more important than making sure that Obama did not win a second election?
(a) The leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
(b) An Arizona governor.
(c) The Republican Senate Majority Leader.
(d) The pastor of the largest evangelical church in Alabama.

5. In the beginning of "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what physical characteristic is the basis for Wilkerson's imaginary caste system?
(a) Shoe size.
(b) Height.
(c) Sex.
(d) Eye color.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," why does Wilkerson include the story of Corey Lewis and the children he was supervising?

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say human-genome testing has revealed about race?

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," Wilkerson mentions two films that "fed the country and the world the Confederate version of the war" (335.) One is Birth of a Nation. What is the other?

4. About how many years did American slavery last?

5. In "Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," what does Wilkerson reveal about the New Deal and the Federal Housing Administration?

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