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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. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what is the rhetorical purpose of including information about Hammond's nieces?
(a) It clarifies the relationship of the Hammond quotes to Wilkerson's claims.
(b) It supports Wilkerson's point about the hypocrisy of the upper caste.
(c) It demonstrates the subordinate role of women in America.
(d) It impeaches Hammond's character.

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say we are doing when we "see" race?
(a) Participating in a self-reinforcing cycle that causes us to "see" what we expect to see.
(b) Perpetuating a system of oppression.
(c) Noting arbitrary physical signs that we have been taught to read as "race."
(d) Taking in only a small number of the features that actually differentiate races.

3. According to "Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution," what makes the United States's racial hierarchy different from those in the rest of the Americas?
(a) The degree of segregation.
(b) Racial absolutism.
(c) Privileges that increase with increasing "degree of Whiteness."
(d) The size of the highest caste.

4. How many American states had laws officially prohibiting marriage between Blacks and whites?
(a) 50.
(b) 12.
(c) 41.
(d) 26.

5. When legislation was finally adopted to limit the workday of enslaved persons, how long did their workday become?
(a) 18 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 14-15 hours.
(d) 9-10 hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 6, Wilkerson calls a financial crisis "cataclysmic." What kind of crisis was it?

3. According to Wilkerson in "The Second Pillar: Heritability," what distinguishes "caste" from "class"?

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

5. According to Wilkerson's explanation on page 9, why did Democrats hesitate to impeach Trump?

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