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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. In the 1863 Draft Riots, what immigrant group perpetrated violence against Blacks?
(a) Germans.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Italians.
(d) Irish.

2. In the opening analogy of the book, what is the melting permafrost being compared to?
(a) Denial of climate change.
(b) Racism.
(c) The 2016 election.
(d) A "silent" earthquake.

3. What was decided at the conference depicted in the opening of "The Nazis and the Acceleration of Caste"?
(a) Forced sterilization of Jews.
(b) The plan to exterminate German Jews.
(c) The Lebensraum program.
(d) The Nuremberg Laws.

4. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does the Nigerian playwright tell Wilkerson about Blacks in Africa?
(a) They are also prejudiced against Black Americans.
(b) They also have a history of slavery.
(c) They are afraid to come to the U.S.
(d) They do not exist.

5. 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) "Colored folks around here have better manners."
(b) "Why on earth would you want to go back there?"
(c) "There was a time when I could have made you stay."
(d) "We should never have had you in our home."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," where does Wilkerson say the term "Caucasian" came from?

2. Where does the word "caste" come from?

3. In "Through the Fog of Delhi to the Parallels in India and America," what is one of the main differences that Wilkerson notes between caste in America and caste in India?

4. 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)?

5. On page 16, Wilkerson says that people adjust to the "idiosyncrasies" of an old house. What is she saying that they adjust to?

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