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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Part Three: The Eight Pillars of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) A Japanese immigrant tried to make the case that he should be considered "White."
(d) An Indian immigrant argued that he should be considered for citizenship.

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

4. On page 6, Wilkerson refers to white "preeminence." What quality is she referring to?
(a) Using language and mannerisms that indicate superiority.
(b) Devotion to tradition or already existing institutions.
(c) Having the highest rank or position.
(d) Unjustified rage.

5. In "Pillar Number One: Divine Will and the Laws of Nature," what is Wilkerson's central claim?
(a) Caste systems are the result of divine will.
(b) Caste systems require obvious misinterpretations of religious texts.
(c) Caste in America and India is or was upheld by religious beliefs.
(d) Caste in America and in Nazi Germany contradicts fundamental precepts of Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In "Through the Fog of Delhi to the Parallels in India and America," what is the rhetorical purpose of including the detail of the fog that Wilkerson sees when her plane lands?

5. According to "Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution," what did the United States use to "curate" its population (123)?

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