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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 287 of "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Roxanne Gay say causes whites to "embrace narratives about forgiveness"?
(a) The urge to protect their caste privilege.
(b) A desire to pretend that the world is fair.
(c) Christianity.
(d) A subconscious sense of guilt for the wrongs of the past.

2. In "Chapter Twelve: A Scapegoat to Bear the Sins of the World," what does Wilkerson imply is true about the American response to the 2013 Ebola outbreak?
(a) That American aid was designed to confine the disease to Africa.
(b) That it only became a priority once Americans became sick.
(c) That Americans withheld antiviral treatment from Africans.
(d) That Americans did not care as long as it was confined to primarily Black communities.

3. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does the Nigerian playwright tell Wilkerson about Blacks in Africa?
(a) They do not exist.
(b) They are also prejudiced against Black Americans.
(c) They are afraid to come to the U.S.
(d) They also have a history of slavery.

4. To what Supreme Court case does Wilkerson allude in her "Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution" story about the shoemaker who sued for the right to ride in the white car of the train?
(a) Dred Scott v. Sandford.
(b) Marbury v. Madison.
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(d) Loving v. Virginia.

5. According to "Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution," what did the United States use to "curate" its population (123)?
(a) Immigration policy.
(b) Laws defining status based on degree of African blood.
(c) Anti-miscegenation laws.
(d) Jim Crow laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste," what does the Nigerian immigrant discover about living in America?

2. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," how did the incident at People's Grocery begin?

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Price We Pay for a Caste System," what does Wilkerson blame for the relatively low quality of life in the United States?

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste," which of the following groups does Wilkerson say tends to show more of the negative health impacts of prejudice?

5. In "An American Untouchable," how does the high school principal in India refer to Martin Luther King'?

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