View a FREE sample

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. What is the best definition of "endogamy" as used in "The Third Pillar: Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating"?
(a) Active interest in and welcoming of new people into one's group.
(b) The practice of marrying within one's own group.
(c) The fear of people from outside of one's own group.
(d) The practice of marrying outside one's own group.

2. In "Through the Fog of Delhi to the Parallels in India and America," what is one of the main differences that Wilkerson notes between caste in America and caste in India?
(a) There is no attempt being made in modern India to improve the situation of the lowest caste.
(b) The lowest caste in India was never enslaved.
(c) The American system is for the most part a binary one.
(d) Blacks in America are not permanently confined to the lowest caste.

3. What is the best definition of "heritability" as used in "The Second Pillar: Heritability"?
(a) Capable of being passed down from parent to child.
(b) A privilege that stays within a particular family.
(c) Able to bind different families together.
(d) A status based on genetics.

4. In "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" what unusual name does Harold Hale give his daughter?
(a) Miss.
(b) White.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Lady.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. According to Wilkerson, how are jobs assigned under the Indian caste system?

5. What is the name of Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study of race in America?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 471 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample