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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Part One: Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising All Around" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What social trend does Wilkerson link to the 2016 election?
(a) A decrease in undocumented immigration.
(b) An increase in hate crimes.
(c) A rise in anxiety and depression.
(d) The offshoring of manufacturing jobs.

2. What technique does Wilkerson use for the first time in the beginning of "An Old House and an Infrared Light"?
(a) Analogy.
(b) First person point of view.
(c) Rhetorical questions.
(d) Anecdote.

3. To whom is Wilkerson referring on page 4 when she describes someone as "a no-nonsense national figure overqualified by some estimates"?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Bernie Sanders.

4. In "The Vitals of History," what does Wilkerson compare an honest and rigorous study of history to?
(a) A doctor taking a patient history.
(b) A child learning a new language.
(c) A mechanic using a diagnostic computer.
(d) An archaeologist uncovering artifacts.

5. What is the name of Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study of race in America?
(a) An American Dilemma.
(b) America's Race Problem.
(c) The American Web of Class and Race.
(d) Caste in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 6, Wilkerson refers to white "preeminence." What quality is she referring to?

2. Besides the caste systems in India and the United States, which other caste system does Wilkerson say that she will focus on?

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

4. 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?

5. As Wilkerson explains on page 9, under what circumstances can mental health professionals make a diagnosis public?

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