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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 "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?
(a) Poor Mexican Americans.
(b) Female Mexican Americans.
(c) Middle-class Mexican Americans.
(d) Male Mexican Americans.

2. In "Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste," whose work on collective narcissism does Wilkerson discuss?
(a) Erich Fromm.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Jacques Lacan.

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

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what mistake does Wilkerson believe Democrats make with regard to their most loyal voters?
(a) Failing to follow through on promises made to them.
(b) Making their concerns the central focus.
(c) Failing to think through the consequences of their "wish list."
(d) Making their concerns a low priority.

5. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," what is the story of Burton Holmes and Freddie Stowers meant to illustrate?
(a) The United States government does not extend the same veteran's support and benefits to Black soldiers.
(b) The American system will go to great lengths to suppress or ignore lower-caste success.
(c) The French made white Americans uncomfortable by praising Black soldiers.
(d) Even Black soldiers have not been exempt from racial harassment.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," what does Wilkerson say was the true purpose behind erecting Confederate monuments?

2. 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?

3. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," what figure of speech does Wilkerson use when she says that modern caste protocols "are like the wind" (212)?

4. On page 287 of "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Wilkerson blame on "the latitude granted these white saviors...[and] the collective desire to solve tribal wounds with superficial gestures of grace from the wounded"?

5. In "Chapter Thirteen: The Insecure Alpha and the Purpose of an Underdog," what does Wilkerson's dog trainer tell her she is behaving like?

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