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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Part Two: The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study of race in America?
(a) Caste in America.
(b) America's Race Problem.
(c) An American Dilemma.
(d) The American Web of Class and Race.

2. In "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" why does Harold Hale's daughter get called into her principal's office?
(a) For holding hands with a White boy.
(b) For asking to be moved to a more advanced class.
(c) For using walkie-talkies with her friends.
(d) For telling a teacher to call her by her last name.

3. In Wilkerson's anecdote about the house inspector, how does he "see past the plaster" (17)?
(a) By using an infrared camera.
(b) By using an x-ray machine.
(c) By using his professional experience.
(d) By reading the blueprints.

4. In the 1863 Draft Riots, what immigrant group perpetrated violence against Blacks?
(a) Irish.
(b) Italians.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Germans.

5. 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) Sex.
(c) Shoe size.
(d) Eye color.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" what does Harold Hale do when people knock down his mailbox?

3. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," where does Wilkerson say that the American caste system was born?

4. On page 15, Wilkerson says of the old house that "whatever is lurking will fester." What is especially apt about her choice of the word "fester"?

5. According to Wilkerson, who is at the top of the "ladder of humanity" created by colonists in North America?

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