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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 Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," Wilkerson relays the story of a Black woman who visits a new white neighbor. What is the white neighbor's response?
(a) He assumes that she is trying to steal the packages that he has on his porch.
(b) He calls the police and reports and intruder in his home.
(c) He calls for his wife, because he assumes that she is there to apply for their nanny position.
(d) He assumes that she works for the dry cleaners he is expecting to pick up his clothing.

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what reason does Wilkerson give for most people's participation in the American caste system?
(a) It is human nature to want to dominate others.
(b) It allows them to discriminate without having to admit that they are racists.
(c) It is too psychologically painful to admit that one's own position is unearned.
(d) It preserves their place in the hierarchy.

3. 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) Modern scapegoats are not literally sacrificed.
(b) Scapegoating is now primarily subconscious.
(c) Modern scapegoats are also blamed for the problems they are made to suffer for.
(d) Scapegoating is now performed by whole communities.

4. 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.

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," Wilkerson says that Clinton might have suffered from the "Bradley Effect." What does this mean?
(a) Polls tend to under-represent older white voters in agricultural states.
(b) During relatively good economic times voters are more likely to vote for conservative candidates.
(c) Because of social stigma around Trump, voters told people they were going to vote for Clinton but actually voted for Trump.
(d) White women did not support Clinton because their primary loyalty was to their caste.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before the 2008 election, what mailing did many Americans receive that Wilkerson, in "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," says became an "inadvertent leaflet in favor of the Democrat" (312)?

2. According to "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," what percentage of White voters voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012?

3. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," what does Wilkerson use Tamir Rice's story to illustrate?

4. 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?

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

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