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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. 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) Racial absolutism.
(b) The size of the highest caste.
(c) The degree of segregation.
(d) Privileges that increase with increasing "degree of Whiteness."

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

3. In "The Third Pillar: Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating," what does Wilkerson imply was the reason for the prosecution of Hugh Davis?
(a) The Black woman in the relationship was already married.
(b) Davis raped a Black woman.
(c) Very few white men had previously admitted to relationships with Black women.
(d) Davis treated his Black partner as an equal.

4. According to Wilkerson in In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what do social scientists say combines with racial bias to produce racism?
(a) Systemic power.
(b) Overt hatred.
(c) Personal intention.
(d) Extremism.

5. As Wilkerson explains on page 9, under what circumstances can mental health professionals make a diagnosis public?
(a) When the person presents a danger to themselves or other people.
(b) When the person is deceased.
(c) When the person is a celebrity or other national media figure.
(d) When the person is not a paying client.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Wilkerson referring on page 4 when she describes someone as "a no-nonsense national figure overqualified by some estimates"?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. On page 6, Wilkerson refers to white "preeminence." What quality is she referring to?

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

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