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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 Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what does Wilkerson say political scientists call "the belief that undeserving groups are getting ahead while your group is left behind" (325)?
(a) Status threat.
(b) Racialized economics.
(c) Collective narcissism.
(d) Caste loyalty.

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

3. In "Chapter Sixteen: Last Place Anxiety: Packed in a Flooding Basement," what kind of stratification within America's lowest caste does Wilkerson note?
(a) Stratification based on gender.
(b) Stratification based on wealth.
(c) Stratification based on skin tone.
(d) Stratification based on educational achievement.

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Three: Shock Troops on the Borders of Hierarchy," what are the Black women on the wine train ejected from the train for?
(a) Delaying the train by boarding too slowly.
(b) Endangering themselves and others by drinking excessively.
(c) Insisting that they be served before the other passengers.
(d) Causing a disturbance by laughing and talking.

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

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. 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"?

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. On page 16, Wilkerson says that people adjust to the "idiosyncrasies" of an old house. What is she saying that they adjust to?

5. In what year did Alabama repeal its law against interracial marriage?

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