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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. 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) The same sets of laws they were trying to escape in the South started to be enacted in the North.
(c) They were finally able to own property and begin creating family wealth.
(d) Although occupations were not closed to them by law, they were closed in practice.

2. According to Wilkerson in "The Second Pillar: Heritability," what happened to Forest Whitaker at a Manhattan Deli?
(a) An employee referred to him using a racial epithet.
(b) He was assaulted by a police officer.
(c) A customer assumed that he was a busboy.
(d) He was accused of shoplifting.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," whom does Wilkerson name as the most loyal voters of the Republican Party?
(a) White business owners.
(b) Older Americans.
(c) White evangelicals.
(d) The wealthiest ten percent of voters.

4. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," what does Wilkerson use Tamir Rice's story to illustrate?
(a) Black parents are capable of raising their own children.
(b) White bystanders often assume that they know better than Black parents.
(c) Black parents have good reason for being afraid for their sons.
(d) Whites often assume that they have authority over unrelated Black children.

5. What departure from legal precedent was made in the Virginia Assembly's decision that the children of enslaved women should also be considered slaves?
(a) Prior to this, slavery was not considered to be inherited.
(b) Prior to this, status was legally passed from father to child.
(c) Prior to this, the status of both parents was factored into a child's status.
(d) Prior to this, slavery was not considered a permanent condition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the word "caste" come from?

2. In "Pillar Number Six: Dehumanization and Stigma," what is the best definition of the word "stigma"?

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

4. What is the best definition of "heritability" as used in "The Second Pillar: Heritability"?

5. What conclusion about people does Wilkerson come to in In "Chapter Nineteen: The Euphoria of Hate"?

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