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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 "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," Wilkerson says that Clinton might have suffered from the "Bradley Effect." What does this mean?
(a) Because of social stigma around Trump, voters told people they were going to vote for Clinton but actually voted for Trump.
(b) Polls tend to under-represent older white voters in agricultural states.
(c) White women did not support Clinton because their primary loyalty was to their caste.
(d) During relatively good economic times voters are more likely to vote for conservative candidates.

2. In "Pillar Number One: Divine Will and the Laws of Nature," what is Wilkerson's central claim?
(a) Caste in America and India is or was upheld by religious beliefs.
(b) Caste systems are the result of divine will.
(c) Caste systems require obvious misinterpretations of religious texts.
(d) Caste in America and in Nazi Germany contradicts fundamental precepts of Christianity.

3. In "Chapter Thirty-One: The Heart Is the Last Frontier," what are the details about Wilkerson's neighborhood intended to convey?
(a) Wilkerson thinks that her neighborhood is unfriendly.
(b) It is an upper-middle-class neighborhood.
(c) It is a White, working-class neighborhood.
(d) Wilkerson does not know her neighbors very well.

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste," which of the following groups does Wilkerson say tends to show more of the negative health impacts of prejudice?
(a) Poor Mexican Americans.
(b) Female Mexican Americans.
(c) Male Mexican Americans.
(d) Middle-class Mexican Americans.

5. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say human-genome testing has revealed about race?
(a) It is entirely dependent on geography.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) There is tremendous variation within each of the five races.
(d) There are up to 36 divisions that could be called "races."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Wilkerson explains on page 9, under what circumstances can mental health professionals make a diagnosis public?

3. In "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," how does Wilkerson say North Carolina prevented Blacks from achieving economic independence?

4. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," what does Wilkerson use Tamir Rice's story to illustrate?

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," what does Wilkerson say was the true purpose behind erecting Confederate monuments?

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