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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. On page 16, Wilkerson says that people adjust to the "idiosyncrasies" of an old house. What is she saying that they adjust to?
(a) Its layout and design.
(b) Its negative qualities.
(c) Its peculiar or unique features.
(d) Its positive qualities.

2. In "An American Untouchable," how does the high school principal in India refer to Martin Luther King'?
(a) As a "Negro."
(b) As a great leader.
(c) As an "untouchable."
(d) As an "American Gandhi."

3. 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) There is no attempt being made in modern India to improve the situation of the lowest caste.
(c) Blacks in America are not permanently confined to the lowest caste.
(d) The American system is for the most part a binary one.

4. Which leading Black intellectual corresponded with Bhimrao Ambedkar about race in America?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) William Monroe Trotter.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

5. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say we are doing when we "see" race?
(a) Participating in a self-reinforcing cycle that causes us to "see" what we expect to see.
(b) Taking in only a small number of the features that actually differentiate races.
(c) Perpetuating a system of oppression.
(d) Noting arbitrary physical signs that we have been taught to read as "race."

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. What technique does Wilkerson use for the first time in the beginning of "An Old House and an Infrared Light"?

3. According to Wilkerson's explanation on page 9, why did Democrats hesitate to impeach Trump?

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

5. On page 11, what does Wilkerson indicate the term "evangelical voters" is code for?

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