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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. Where does the word "caste" come from?
(a) The Middle English "outcasten," meaning "to expel or reject."
(b) The Latin "castus," meaning "chaste."
(c) The Old Norse word "kasta," meaning "throw."
(d) The Portuguese word "casta," meaning "breed" or "race."

2. What prejudice does Tushar, from the London conference in "Chapter Ten: Central Miscasting," say exists inside Indian castes?
(a) Prejudice based on education.
(b) Prejudice based on wealth.
(c) Prejudice based on career achievements.
(d) Prejudice based on skin color.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Three: Shock Troops on the Borders of Hierarchy," Wilkerson explains a complicated "solution" to a problem presented by free Black passengers on steamboats of the nineeenth century. What was this problem?
(a) Where they would be allowed to sleep.
(b) How and when to feed them.
(c) At what times they would be allowed on deck.
(d) Where they would bathe and use the bathroom.

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what is the purpose of including the story about Deandre Somerville's experience with jury duty?
(a) It is meant to show that even inside the supposedly impartial world of jury deliberations Black Americans are treated with prejudice.
(b) It is meant to show that even Black children are harshly penalized by the justice system for minor offenses.
(c) It is meant to show that Black and white Americans are not extended the same measure of "grace" by the justice system.
(d) It is meant to show that juries are still generally mostly white, even in the twenty-first century.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," about how many Confederate monuments does Wilkerson say exist in the modern United States?

2. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," what does Wilkerson compare to the modern phenomenon of whites calling the police on Blacks who are just going about ordinary everyday business?

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Symbols of Caste," what peaceful demonstrator is deliberately run over and killed in Charlottesville, Virginia?

4. 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?

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what does Wilkerson tell Gwen Ifill she thinks is behind Trump's popularity?

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