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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. To what part of history does Wilkerson explicitly link the Electoral College?
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Colonization.
(d) The Jim Crow South.

2. According to Wilkerson in In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what do social scientists say combines with racial bias to produce racism?
(a) Systemic power.
(b) Personal intention.
(c) Overt hatred.
(d) Extremism.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what does Wilkerson tell Gwen Ifill she thinks is behind Trump's popularity?
(a) Demographic shifts.
(b) Economic problems.
(c) Illegal immigration.
(d) A rise in evangelicalism.

4. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," how does Wilkerson say North Carolina prevented Blacks from achieving economic independence?
(a) By taxing inheritances in Black families at close to 100%.
(b) By passing a law that said Blacks could only be paid in goods, not money.
(c) By making it illegal for Blacks to purchase property.
(d) By making it illegal for them to sell or trade goods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many years did American slavery last?

2. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does the Nigerian playwright tell Wilkerson about Blacks in Africa?

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

4. In the beginning of "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what physical characteristic is the basis for Wilkerson's imaginary caste system?

5. When 20 Black people arrived in the New World on a Dutch ship in 1619, what were they classified as?

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