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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 Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," which group of Americans does Wilkerson say is facing declining life expectancy?
(a) Young, educated Blacks.
(b) Young, educated whites.
(c) Middle-aged, less-educated whites.
(d) Middle-aged, less-educated Blacks.

2. In "Chapter Sixteen: Last Place Anxiety: Packed in a Flooding Basement," what kind of stratification within America's lowest caste does Wilkerson note?
(a) Stratification based on wealth.
(b) Stratification based on educational achievement.
(c) Stratification based on gender.
(d) Stratification based on skin tone.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," about how many Confederate monuments does Wilkerson say exist in the modern United States?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 300.
(c) 700.
(d) 130.

4. In "Chapter Twelve: A Scapegoat to Bear the Sins of the World," what change in the concept of the scapegoat does Wilkerson say has occurred over time?
(a) Scapegoating is now primarily subconscious.
(b) Modern scapegoats are also blamed for the problems they are made to suffer for.
(c) Modern scapegoats are not literally sacrificed.
(d) Scapegoating is now performed by whole communities.

5. 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 do not exist.
(b) They also have a history of slavery.
(c) They are also prejudiced against Black Americans.
(d) They are afraid to come to the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" what unusual name does Harold Hale give his daughter?

2. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," what does Wilkerson say is the "greatest threat to a caste system" (224)?

3. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," what figure of speech does Wilkerson use when she says that modern caste protocols "are like the wind" (212)?

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what mistake does Wilkerson believe Democrats make with regard to their most loyal voters?

5. In "Chapter Thirteen: The Insecure Alpha and the Purpose of an Underdog," what does Wilkerson's dog trainer tell her she is behaving like?

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