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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 "Defining Purity and the Constancy of the Bottom Rung," what does Wilkerson note is referred to as "the most segregated hour in America" (128)?
(a) Dinnertime.
(b) School lunch time.
(c) Recess at public schools.
(d) Sunday mornings.

2. In "Chapter Twenty-One: The German Girl with the Dark, Wavy Hair," what point does Wilkerson make about the relationship of the loss of the Jewish population and the chapter's titular story?
(a) The collective narcissism of Germans needed a new focus in the absence of the Jewish population.
(b) The Jewish community had acted as a moderating force; in its absence, Germans began to turn on one another.
(c) Once Jews were gone, Germans looked for other scapegoats.
(d) Once the Jews were gone, it became clear that the anxiety Germans felt had nothing to do with the Jews.

3. 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?
(a) Delaying the train by boarding too slowly.
(b) Causing a disturbance by laughing and talking.
(c) Endangering themselves and others by drinking excessively.
(d) Insisting that they be served before the other passengers.

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

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," what error of John McCain's does Wilkerson say contributed to Obama's victory?
(a) His open appeals to Black and Mexican voters.
(b) His choice of a vice-presidential candidate.
(c) He refusal to discuss his war record.
(d) His involvement in the 2008 financial crisis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When legislation was finally adopted to limit the workday of enslaved persons, how long did their workday become?

2. 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)?

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what is the purpose of including the story about Deandre Somerville's experience with jury duty?

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

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 reference to a dowager aunt is an example of what literary technique?

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