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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Part Six: Backlash".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting," how many other people of African descent are at the London conference besides Wilkerson?
(a) None.
(b) The conference is primarily attended by Africans and African Americans.
(c) One.
(d) Dozens.

2. In "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," what error of John McCain's does Wilkerson say contributed to Obama's victory?
(a) His involvement in the 2008 financial crisis.
(b) He refusal to discuss his war record.
(c) His open appeals to Black and Mexican voters.
(d) His choice of a vice-presidential candidate.

3. In "Pillar Number Six: Dehumanization and Stigma," Wilkerson explains that enslaved people were not allowed to cry as their families were separated. What is this meant to serve as an example of?
(a) Dehumanization.
(b) Mockery.
(c) Stigma.
(d) Minstrelsy.

4. Besides the caste systems in India and the United States, which other caste system does Wilkerson say that she will focus on?
(a) Apartheid South Africa.
(b) Yuan China.
(c) The Nigerian Osu System.
(d) Nazi Germany.

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what is the purpose of including the story about Deandre Somerville's experience with jury duty?
(a) It is meant to show that juries are still generally mostly white, even in the twenty-first century.
(b) It is meant to show that Black and white Americans are not extended the same measure of "grace" by the justice system.
(c) It is meant to show that even inside the supposedly impartial world of jury deliberations Black Americans are treated with prejudice.
(d) It is meant to show that even Black children are harshly penalized by the justice system for minor offenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening analogy of the book, what is the melting permafrost being compared to?

2. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what does Wilkerson say Blacks found when they migrated North during the Great Migration?

3. At what famous Alabama bridge did the police violently attack peaceful protesters on their way to Montgomery?

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Three: Shock Troops on the Borders of Hierarchy," Wilkerson explains a complicated "solution" to a problem presented by free Black passengers on steamboats of the nineeenth century. What was this problem?

5. How many American states had laws officially prohibiting marriage between Blacks and whites?

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