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

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) A Cuban immigrant sued for the right to own property in Florida.
(b) A Japanese immigrant tried to make the case that he should be considered "White."
(c) An Indian immigrant argued that he should be considered for citizenship.
(d) An Irish immigrant was arrested for shopping in a store signed "No Irish."

3. About how many years did American slavery last?
(a) 350 years.
(b) 250 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 150 years.

4. In "Pillar Number Eight: Inherent Superiority versus Inherent Inferiority," what is the Louise Beavers anecdote meant to illustrate?
(a) That Black Americans have been made to assume the markers of inferiority like an actor playing a role.
(b) That Mary Pickford was concerned about being upstaged by a Black actress.
(c) That White filmmakers feared the audience reaction to an attractive Black woman.
(d) That it is impossible to judge intelligence and character based on skin color.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," where does Wilkerson say that the idea of race began?

3. In "Pillar Number Six: Dehumanization and Stigma," what is the best definition of the word "stigma"?

4. What is the best definition of "heritability" as used in "The Second Pillar: Heritability"?

5. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does the Nigerian playwright tell Wilkerson about Blacks in Africa?

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