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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. What fact does Wilkerson offer in "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste" to refute the common idea that economic insecurity cause people to vote for Trump?
(a) Clinton won among Whites with no college degree.
(b) Clinton won among voters in the lowest economic bracket.
(c) Clinton won among non-White voters.
(d) Clinton won the popular vote.

2. In "Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste," how many years does Wilkerson say separate the average life expectancy of White college graduates from that of Black college graduates?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," when Devonte Hart and his foster siblings begged for food, what did their white guardians tell people?
(a) That they suspected Devonte of stealing food from his foster siblings.
(b) That the children had eating disorders.
(c) That the family was in trouble and needed donations.
(d) That the children were born addicted to drugs and were manipulative liars.

4. On page 59 of "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" when Harold Hale's daughter is about to return to school after a visit with a friend's family, what is the grandmother's response?
(a) "We should never have had you in our home."
(b) "Why on earth would you want to go back there?"
(c) "Colored folks around here have better manners."
(d) "There was a time when I could have made you stay."

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does the Black bailiff do when the white killer of a Black man begins crying about her conviction?
(a) Tells her to shut up and stop crying.
(b) Comforts her by stroking her hair.
(c) Tells her that it will be okay and calls her "honey."
(d) Shoves her as she is being escorted from the court.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Pillar Number Eight: Inherent Superiority versus Inherent Inferiority," what is Wilkerson's central claim?

3. According to Wilkerson in "The Second Pillar: Heritability," what distinguishes "caste" from "class"?

4. 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)?

5. 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?

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