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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,'" why does Harold Hale's daughter get called into her principal's office?
(a) For using walkie-talkies with her friends.
(b) For holding hands with a White boy.
(c) For asking to be moved to a more advanced class.
(d) For telling a teacher to call her by her last name.

2. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does Wilkerson say Americans want to dismiss as a "sad, dark chapter" of American history (43)?
(a) The Jim Crow era.
(b) Slavery.
(c) The Trump presidency.
(d) The Colonial treatment of Blacks.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-One: The German Girl with the Dark, Wavy Hair," what point does Wilkerson make about the relationship of the loss of the Jewish population and the chapter's titular story?
(a) The Jewish community had acted as a moderating force; in its absence, Germans began to turn on one another.
(b) Once the Jews were gone, it became clear that the anxiety Germans felt had nothing to do with the Jews.
(c) Once Jews were gone, Germans looked for other scapegoats.
(d) The collective narcissism of Germans needed a new focus in the absence of the Jewish population.

4. On page 6, Wilkerson refers to white "preeminence." What quality is she referring to?
(a) Having the highest rank or position.
(b) Devotion to tradition or already existing institutions.
(c) Using language and mannerisms that indicate superiority.
(d) Unjustified rage.

5. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," how does Wilkerson say the state of South Carolina tried to keep Blacks out of all jobs other than domestic service and farming?
(a) By making it illegal for Blacks to work outside of farming and domestic service.
(b) By assessing them an exorbitant fee for a license to do other work.
(c) By refusing them access to schooling.
(d) Through terror and social pressure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," what is one factor Wilkerson points to as an explanation for "dominant group status threat" in modern America?

2. In "Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting," how many other people of African descent are at the London conference besides Wilkerson?

3. 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?

4. As Wilkerson explains on page 9, under what circumstances can mental health professionals make a diagnosis public?

5. In "Chapter Thirteen: The Insecure Alpha and the Purpose of an Underdog," what is Wilkerson arguing about the role of the "omega" wolf, at the bottom of the pack hierarchy?

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