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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Part Five: The Consequences of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) School lunch time.
(b) Sunday mornings.
(c) Recess at public schools.
(d) Dinnertime.

3. 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 a celebrity or other national media figure.
(c) When the person is not a paying client.
(d) When the person is deceased.

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

5. According to Wilkerson, how are jobs assigned under the Indian caste system?
(a) They are inherited with caste.
(b) The upper castes distribute them.
(c) They are inherited from the mother's family.
(d) They are assigned based on merit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Twelve: A Scapegoat to Bear the Sins of the World," what does Wilkerson say Austin police initially said about the bomb-related death of Stephan House?

2. According to Wilkerson, who is at the top of the "ladder of humanity" created by colonists in North America?

3. According to "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what percentage of Blacks worked in white-collar professions during the Great Depression?

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Three: Shock Troops on the Borders of Hierarchy," what solution does the flight attendant offer Wilkerson when other first class passengers seem to be making antagonistic comments about her race?

5. About how many years did American slavery last?

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