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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-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what does Wilkerson say political scientists call "the belief that undeserving groups are getting ahead while your group is left behind" (325)?
(a) Caste loyalty.
(b) Racialized economics.
(c) Collective narcissism.
(d) Status threat.
2. 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) A "lone wolf."
(b) An "insecure alpha."
(c) A subordinate wolf.
(d) A child.
3. 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 are afraid to come to the U.S.
(b) They also have a history of slavery.
(c) They are also prejudiced against Black Americans.
(d) They do not exist.
4. When 20 Black people arrived in the New World on a Dutch ship in 1619, what were they classified as?
(a) Merchandise.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Colonists.
(d) Indentured servants.
5. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," what does Wilkerson describe at the site of the bunker where Hitler died?
(a) A museum and educational center stands there now.
(b) It is frequently the site of neo-Nazi rallies and demonstrations.
(c) There is a moving monument to concentration camp victims.
(d) It has been paved over and is used as an ordinary parking lot.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," what does Wilkerson say is the "greatest threat to a caste system" (224)?
2. In "Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Price We Pay for a Caste System," what does Wilkerson blame for the relatively low quality of life in the United States?
3. Which of the following is the traditional Indian word for "caste"?
4. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say human-genome testing has revealed about race?
5. 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?
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