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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," about how many Confederate monuments does Wilkerson say exist in the modern United States?
(a) 130.
(b) 700.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 300.

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," where does Wilkerson say that the idea of race began?
(a) In Ancient Greece and Rome.
(b) In colonial India.
(c) In the transatlantic slave trade.
(d) During the Moorish invasion of Spain.

3. In "Chapter Thirteen: The Insecure Alpha and the Purpose of an Underdog," what does Wilkerson's dog trainer tell her she is behaving like?
(a) An "insecure alpha."
(b) A "lone wolf."
(c) A child.
(d) A subordinate wolf.

4. On page 59 of "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" when Harold Hale's daughter is about to return to school after a visit with a friend's family, what is the grandmother's response?
(a) "Why on earth would you want to go back there?"
(b) "There was a time when I could have made you stay."
(c) "Colored folks around here have better manners."
(d) "We should never have had you in our home."

5. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say we are doing when we "see" race?
(a) Participating in a self-reinforcing cycle that causes us to "see" what we expect to see.
(b) Noting arbitrary physical signs that we have been taught to read as "race."
(c) Perpetuating a system of oppression.
(d) Taking in only a small number of the features that actually differentiate races.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1863 Draft Riots, what immigrant group perpetrated violence against Blacks?

2. In "Chapter Twelve: A Scapegoat to Bear the Sins of the World," what does Wilkerson imply is true about the American response to the 2013 Ebola outbreak?

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," what peaceful demonstrator is deliberately run over and killed in Charlottesville, Virginia?

4. In "Through the Fog of Delhi to the Parallels in India and America," what is one of the main differences that Wilkerson notes between caste in America and caste in India?

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," Wilkerson says that when people vote, they often choose to vote in a way that will do what?

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