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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Part Two: The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 11, what does Wilkerson indicate the term "evangelical voters" is code for?
(a) Working class.
(b) Rural.
(c) White.
(d) Bible Belt.

2. 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.

3. When 20 Black people arrived in the New World on a Dutch ship in 1619, what were they classified as?
(a) Indentured servants.
(b) Merchandise.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Colonists.

4. According to Wilkerson, who is at the top of the "ladder of humanity" created by colonists in North America?
(a) White men.
(b) Northern Europeans.
(c) English Protestants.
(d) Christians.

5. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," where does Wilkerson say that the American caste system was born?
(a) In the American South.
(b) In England.
(c) In South Carolina.
(d) In the Virginia colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does the Nigerian playwright tell Wilkerson about Blacks in Africa?

2. 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 idea that the house has a story to tell is an example of what literary technique?

3. About how many years did American slavery last?

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

5. In the 1863 Draft Riots, what immigrant group perpetrated violence against Blacks?

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