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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 "An American Untouchable," how does the high school principal in India refer to Martin Luther King'?
(a) As a "Negro."
(b) As an "American Gandhi."
(c) As a great leader.
(d) As an "untouchable."

2. On page 283 of "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Wilkerson quote anthropologist Edmund Leach as saying about the lowest caste in India?
(a) "People embrace narratives about forgiveness."
(b) "It is a feeling of danger."
(c) "Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful."
(d) "The first moral duty is resignation and acceptance."

3. On page 287 of "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Roxanne Gay say causes whites to "embrace narratives about forgiveness"?
(a) Christianity.
(b) The urge to protect their caste privilege.
(c) A subconscious sense of guilt for the wrongs of the past.
(d) A desire to pretend that the world is fair.

4. In "Chapter Seventeen: On the Early Front Lines of Caste," what is the main difference between the various works that Wilkerson discusses?
(a) The gender of their authors.
(b) Whether or not the authors actually had first-hand experience in the system they were writing about.
(c) Their position regarding whether American does or does not have a caste system.
(d) The race of their authors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 68 of "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say is "one of the most contentious and misunderstood" words in American culture?

2. What does Tushar, from the London conference in "Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting," say caused him to question the caste system?

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," when Devonte Hart and his foster siblings begged for food, what did their white guardians tell people?

4. Besides the caste systems in India and the United States, which other caste system does Wilkerson say that she will focus on?

5. In "Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste," what is the rhetorical purpose of Wilkerson's anecdote about speaking with her colleague about the difficulty of managing her disabled mother's care?

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