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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 Six: The Measure of Humanity," Wilkerson says that actions that reinforce the caste system are "autonomic." What is the best meaning of this word in this context?
(a) Autonomous, occurring without social or environmental input.
(b) Automatic, occurring without conscious thought.
(c) Involuntary, occurring without choice.
(d) Spontaneous, occurring without planning.
2. 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?
(a) There is no attempt being made in modern India to improve the situation of the lowest caste.
(b) Blacks in America are not permanently confined to the lowest caste.
(c) The American system is for the most part a binary one.
(d) The lowest caste in India was never enslaved.
3. In the beginning of "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what physical characteristic is the basis for Wilkerson's imaginary caste system?
(a) Height.
(b) Shoe size.
(c) Eye color.
(d) Sex.
4. What is the name of Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study of race in America?
(a) America's Race Problem.
(b) Caste in America.
(c) An American Dilemma.
(d) The American Web of Class and Race.
5. According to Wilkerson's explanation on page 9, why did Democrats hesitate to impeach Trump?
(a) Fear of retribution from Trump himself.
(b) Fear of backlash from his base.
(c) The evidence was unclear.
(d) Many had investments in Trump businesses.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 6, Wilkerson calls a financial crisis "cataclysmic." What kind of crisis was it?
2. In "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" what does Harold Hale do when people knock down his mailbox?
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?
4. In "Through the Fog of Delhi to the Parallels in India and America," what is the rhetorical purpose of including the detail of the fog that Wilkerson sees when her plane lands?
5. According to Wilkerson in "The Second Pillar: Heritability," what happened to Forest Whitaker at a Manhattan Deli?
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