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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. According to "Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution," what did the United States use to "curate" its population (123)?
(a) Laws defining status based on degree of African blood.
(b) Immigration policy.
(c) Anti-miscegenation laws.
(d) Jim Crow laws.

2. According to Wilkerson, what constituency does the Republican Party represent?
(a) Humanitarians and the marginalized.
(b) People whose first concern is the sovereignty of the United States.
(c) Progressives and nativists.
(d) Those who want to protect an older social order that benefits whites.

3. On page 12, Wilkerson says that some contagions can only be managed with "vigilance." How is she proposing they should be managed?
(a) With careful thoroughness.
(b) With brute force.
(c) With great speed.
(d) With constant watchfulness.

4. On page 6, Wilkerson refers to white "preeminence." What quality is she referring to?
(a) Using language and mannerisms that indicate superiority.
(b) Devotion to tradition or already existing institutions.
(c) Having the highest rank or position.
(d) Unjustified rage.

5. According to "Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution," what makes the United States's racial hierarchy different from those in the rest of the Americas?
(a) The degree of segregation.
(b) The size of the highest caste.
(c) Privileges that increase with increasing "degree of Whiteness."
(d) Racial absolutism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pillar Number Six: Dehumanization and Stigma," what is the best definition of the word "stigma"?

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," where does Wilkerson say that the idea of race began?

3. What social trend does Wilkerson link to the 2016 election?

4. In "Chapter Seventeen: On the Early Front Lines of Caste," what is the main difference between the various works that Wilkerson discusses?

5. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say human-genome testing has revealed about race?

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