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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 "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) Slavery.
(b) The Trump presidency.
(c) The Jim Crow era.
(d) The Colonial treatment of Blacks.

2. According to "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," what percentage of White voters voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012?
(a) 45% each time.
(b) 32% each time.
(c) 43 and 39%, respectively.
(d) 38 and 23%, respectively.

3. In "The Radicalization of the Dominant Caste," what does Wilkerson assume about her dining companion?
(a) That she did not really want to eat with Wilkerson in the first place.
(b) That she deliberately chose a restaurant where Wilkerson would feel uncomfortable.
(c) That she is an educated and compassionate person who has always cared about equity and equality.
(d) That it was the incident in the restaurant that opened her eyes to racism.

4. In "Defining Purity and the Constancy of the Bottom Rung," what does Wilkerson note is referred to as "the most segregated hour in America" (128)?
(a) Sunday mornings.
(b) Recess at public schools.
(c) School lunch time.
(d) Dinnertime.

5. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," how did the incident at People's Grocery begin?
(a) With an argument between two children.
(b) When a Black man did not show enough deference to a white bus driver.
(c) When a Black man tried to vote.
(d) When a Black soldier arrived in uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," Wilkerson uses the term "kitchen table appeals" (327). What kinds of appeals are these?

2. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what does Wilkerson say caused analysts to be taken by surprise by Trump's victory?

3. In "Chapter Thirty-One: The Heart Is the Last Frontier," what are the details about Wilkerson's neighborhood intended to convey?

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

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," what Lyndon Johnson prediction about Southern voters does Wilkerson relate?

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