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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 "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what does Wilkerson say Blacks found when they migrated North during the Great Migration?
(a) They were welcomed into trade unions, because larger union numbers benefited all workers.
(b) They were finally able to own property and begin creating family wealth.
(c) The same sets of laws they were trying to escape in the South started to be enacted in the North.
(d) Although occupations were not closed to them by law, they were closed in practice.

2. 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 calls for his wife, because he assumes that she is there to apply for their nanny position.
(b) He calls the police and reports and intruder in his home.
(c) He assumes that she works for the dry cleaners he is expecting to pick up his clothing.
(d) He assumes that she is trying to steal the packages that he has on his porch.

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) Scapegoating is now primarily subconscious.
(b) Modern scapegoats are not literally sacrificed.
(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 "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," where does Wilkerson say that the American caste system was born?
(a) In the Virginia colony.
(b) In South Carolina.
(c) In England.
(d) In the American South.

5. 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) The lowest caste in India was never enslaved.
(b) The American system is for the most part a binary one.
(c) Blacks in America are not permanently confined to the lowest caste.
(d) There is no attempt being made in modern India to improve the situation of the lowest caste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What departure from legal precedent was made in the Virginia Assembly's decision that the children of enslaved women should also be considered slaves?

2. According to Wilkerson in "The Second Pillar: Heritability," what distinguishes "caste" from "class"?

3. In "The Vitals of History," what does Wilkerson compare an honest and rigorous study of history to?

4. According to Wilkerson in In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what do social scientists say combines with racial bias to produce racism?

5. What was decided at the conference depicted in the opening of "The Nazis and the Acceleration of Caste"?

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