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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Part Four: The Tentacles of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Modern scapegoats are also blamed for the problems they are made to suffer for.
(c) Scapegoating is now primarily subconscious.
(d) Scapegoating is now performed by whole communities.

2. What is the best definition of "endogamy" as used in "The Third Pillar: Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating"?
(a) The practice of marrying within one's own group.
(b) The fear of people from outside of one's own group.
(c) Active interest in and welcoming of new people into one's group.
(d) The practice of marrying outside one's own group.

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 subordinate wolf.
(c) A "lone wolf."
(d) A child.

4. About how many years did American slavery last?
(a) 250 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 350 years.
(d) 150 years.

5. 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?
(a) It is an example of whites assuming they have the right to supervise Black children.
(b) It is an example of white policing of Blacks doing ordinary everyday things.
(c) It is an example of Black parents trying to protect their sons from the dangers of being Black in America.
(d) It is an example of police violence toward Black Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In "Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," what does Wilkerson argue the lowest-status Whites have been given in the place of real security and opportunity?

3. In "The Third Pillar: Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating," what does Wilkerson imply was the reason for the prosecution of Hugh Davis?

4. When 20 Black people arrived in the New World on a Dutch ship in 1619, what were they classified as?

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

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