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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. On page 12, Wilkerson says that some contagions can only be managed with "vigilance." How is she proposing they should be managed?
(a) With constant watchfulness.
(b) With great speed.
(c) With careful thoroughness.
(d) With brute force.

2. In "Defining Purity and the Constancy of the Bottom Rung," what does Wilkerson note is referred to as "the most segregated hour in America" (128)?
(a) Recess at public schools.
(b) Sunday mornings.
(c) Dinnertime.
(d) School lunch time.

3. According to Wilkerson in "The Second Pillar: Heritability," what distinguishes "caste" from "class"?
(a) Caste is not related to economics.
(b) Caste is permanent and inescapable.
(c) Class cannot be inherited.
(d) Class is not a status marker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Pillar Number One: Divine Will and the Laws of Nature," what is Wilkerson's central claim?

3. Which of the following is the traditional Indian word for "caste"?

4. In the opening anecdote of the book, what escapes from the melting permafrost?

5. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what does Wilkerson say Blacks found when they migrated North during the Great Migration?

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