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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 was decided at the conference depicted in the opening of "The Nazis and the Acceleration of Caste"?
(a) The Nuremberg Laws.
(b) Forced sterilization of Jews.
(c) The Lebensraum program.
(d) The plan to exterminate German Jews.

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

3. 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 using walkie-talkies with her friends.
(c) For asking to be moved to a more advanced class.
(d) For telling a teacher to call her by her last name.

4. According to Wilkerson in In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what do social scientists say combines with racial bias to produce racism?
(a) Systemic power.
(b) Personal intention.
(c) Overt hatred.
(d) Extremism.

5. On page 11, what does Wilkerson indicate the term "evangelical voters" is code for?
(a) Rural.
(b) Bible Belt.
(c) Working class.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Wilkerson referring on page 4 when she describes someone as "a no-nonsense national figure overqualified by some estimates"?

2. On page 59 of "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" when Harold Hale's daughter is about to return to school after a visit with a friend's family, what is the grandmother's response?

3. On page 12, Wilkerson says that some contagions can only be managed with "vigilance." How is she proposing they should be managed?

4. On page 68 of "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say is "one of the most contentious and misunderstood" words in American culture?

5. In the page 15 sentence "An old house is its own kind of devotional, a dowager aunt with a story to be coaxed out of her," the idea that the house has a story to tell is an example of what literary technique?

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