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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Part Six: Backlash".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 12, Wilkerson says that some contagions can only be managed with "vigilance." How is she proposing they should be managed?
(a) With great speed.
(b) With brute force.
(c) With careful thoroughness.
(d) With constant watchfulness.

2. 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) Although occupations were not closed to them by law, they were closed in practice.
(b) They were welcomed into trade unions, because larger union numbers benefited all workers.
(c) They were finally able to own property and begin creating family wealth.
(d) The same sets of laws they were trying to escape in the South started to be enacted in the North.

3. What does Tushar, from the London conference in "Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting," say caused him to question the caste system?
(a) His Hindu faith.
(b) The treatment his father received by members of the highest caste.
(c) The disparity in privilege he witnessed in India.
(d) His own status as a Dalit.

4. What social trend does Wilkerson link to the 2016 election?
(a) A decrease in undocumented immigration.
(b) The offshoring of manufacturing jobs.
(c) An increase in hate crimes.
(d) A rise in anxiety and depression.

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," Wilkerson uses the term "kitchen table appeals" (327). What kinds of appeals are these?
(a) Appeals to food-related issues like food safety, agricultural policy, and food scarcity.
(b) Appeals to women's concerns with reproductive freedom, physical safety, and equal rights.
(c) Appeals to caste-related concerns like immigration, voting rights, and affirmative action.
(d) Appeals to everyday people's concerns with money, education, and health care.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wilkerson in "The Second Pillar: Heritability," what happened to Forest Whitaker at a Manhattan Deli?

2. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what is the rhetorical purpose of including the Hammond quotes?

3. About how many years did American slavery last?

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Three: Shock Troops on the Borders of Hierarchy," what are the Black women on the wine train ejected from the train for?

5. In "Chapter Thirteen: The Insecure Alpha and the Purpose of an Underdog," what is Wilkerson arguing about the role of the "omega" wolf, at the bottom of the pack hierarchy?

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