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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: "Part Seven: Awakening" and "Epilogue: A World Without Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Radicalization of the Dominant Caste," how does Wilkerson's companion respond to the situation in the restaurant?
(a) She quietly slips off to speak with the manager about the situation.
(b) She repeatedly asks the waiter for his attention and then accuses him of being a racist.
(c) She is embarrassed by the scene Wilkerson makes and leaves the restaurant.
(d) She shrugs it off and claims that she does not understand why Wilkerson is upset.

2. In "Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste," what does the Nigerian immigrant discover about living in America?
(a) As an outsider, he can see that the problem in America is caste, not class.
(b) As an outsider, he can see that the problem in America is class, not race.
(c) As he becomes more Americanized, he suffers more from the prejudices aimed at Black Americans.
(d) As he becomes more Americanized, he realizes that he identifies more with white Americans than Black Americans.

3. What was decided at the conference depicted in the opening of "The Nazis and the Acceleration of Caste"?
(a) The Lebensraum program.
(b) The Nuremberg Laws.
(c) The plan to exterminate German Jews.
(d) Forced sterilization of Jews.

4. In "Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste," to which narcissistic family role does Wilkerson compare indigenous peoples?
(a) The "peacemaker."
(b) The "lost child."
(c) The "golden child."
(d) The "scapegoat."

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," whom does Wilkerson quote as saying that there was nothing more important than making sure that Obama did not win a second election?
(a) An Arizona governor.
(b) The leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
(c) The Republican Senate Majority Leader.
(d) The pastor of the largest evangelical church in Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 6, Wilkerson refers to white "preeminence." What quality is she referring to?

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," Wilkerson says that actions that reinforce the caste system are "autonomic." What is the best meaning of this word in this context?

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. In "Chapter Thirty-One: The Heart Is the Last Frontier," what do Wilkerson and the plumber eventually bond over?

5. In "Chapter Thirty: Shedding the Sacred Thread," what does "twice born" mean in reference to the Brahmin man?

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