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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. According to "The Trials of the Middle Castes: The Race to Get Under the White Tent," what caused the Supreme Court to rule that "White" means "Caucasian"?
(a) An Irish immigrant was arrested for shopping in a store signed "No Irish."
(b) A Cuban immigrant sued for the right to own property in Florida.
(c) An Indian immigrant argued that he should be considered for citizenship.
(d) A Japanese immigrant tried to make the case that he should be considered "White."

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

3. In "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" what does Harold Hale do when people knock down his mailbox?
(a) Resets it, in concrete.
(b) Forms a neighborhood watch committee.
(c) Complains to the police.
(d) Moves to a safer neighborhood.

4. In "Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste," what does Wilkerson say is the cause of phenomena like an Iranian immigrant feeling moved to point out the existence of a blond-haired child somewhere in the family?
(a) Each caste is trying to distance itself from the lowest caste.
(b) Immigrants often arrive from countries with systemic racism of their own.
(c) Each caste wants to stress its proximity to the dominant caste.
(d) Immigrants know that this is what white people want to hear.

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 choice of a vice-presidential candidate.
(b) His involvement in the 2008 financial crisis.
(c) His open appeals to Black and Mexican voters.
(d) He refusal to discuss his war record.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste," what does Wilkerson say about whites who take time to consider the Black perspective?

2. In the beginning of "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what physical characteristic is the basis for Wilkerson's imaginary caste system?

3. When 20 Black people arrived in the New World on a Dutch ship in 1619, what were they classified as?

4. In Wilkerson's anecdote about the house inspector, how does he "see past the plaster" (17)?

5. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what is the rhetorical purpose of including the Hammond quotes?

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