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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-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Wilkerson reveal about Indian castes in America?
(a) Dalits are often falsely accused of crimes in America, just as they are in India.
(b) Caste continues to affect people even after they immigrate.
(c) The caste system has little or no power in the lives of Indians in America.
(d) Their need to flee the caste system is why so many Indian immigrants to America are Dalits.

2. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," whose statue causes the controversy in Charlottesville, Virginia?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Stonewall Jackson.
(d) J.E.B. Stuart.

3. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," what does Wilkerson say is the "greatest threat to a caste system" (224)?
(a) Upper-caste failure.
(b) Lower-caste success.
(c) Lower-caste failure.
(d) Upper-caste success.

4. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," Wilkerson says that actions that reinforce the caste system are "autonomic." What is the best meaning of this word in this context?
(a) Automatic, occurring without conscious thought.
(b) Involuntary, occurring without choice.
(c) Spontaneous, occurring without planning.
(d) Autonomous, occurring without social or environmental input.

5. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does Wilkerson say Americans want to dismiss as a "sad, dark chapter" of American history (43)?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The Jim Crow era.
(c) The Colonial treatment of Blacks.
(d) The Trump presidency.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Wilkerson's explanation on page 9, why did Democrats hesitate to impeach Trump?

3. Which leading Black intellectual corresponded with Bhimrao Ambedkar about race in America?

4. In "Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste," what term does Wilkerson introduce that refers to a white person explaining to a Black person something that the Black person has better credentials to understand?

5. In "Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," what does Wilkerson argue the lowest-status Whites have been given in the place of real security and opportunity?

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