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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 "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) The Colonial treatment of Blacks.
(c) The Trump presidency.
(d) Slavery.

2. In the conference described in "Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting," what difficulty does Wilkerson face?
(a) Getting copies of the papers being presented.
(b) The scholars in attendance refuse to speak to her.
(c) Being stared at for sitting in front.
(d) The crowd is openly hostile to her presentation.

3. According to "Pillar Number Four: Purity versus Pollution," what makes the United States's racial hierarchy different from those in the rest of the Americas?
(a) The degree of segregation.
(b) The size of the highest caste.
(c) Racial absolutism.
(d) Privileges that increase with increasing "degree of Whiteness."

4. 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 telling a teacher to call her by her last name.
(b) For holding hands with a White boy.
(c) For asking to be moved to a more advanced class.
(d) For using walkie-talkies with her friends.

5. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," Wilkerson relays the story of a Black woman who visits a new white neighbor. What is the white neighbor's response?
(a) He assumes that she works for the dry cleaners he is expecting to pick up his clothing.
(b) He assumes that she is trying to steal the packages that he has on his porch.
(c) He calls the police and reports and intruder in his home.
(d) He calls for his wife, because he assumes that she is there to apply for their nanny position.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," whom does Wilkerson name as the most loyal voters of the Republican Party?

2. According to Wilkerson, what constituency does the Republican Party represent?

3. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," who follows and questions Wilkerson when she is in an airport?

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?

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," Wilkerson mentions the "Lost Cause." What does this term refer to?

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