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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. Just before the 2008 election, what mailing did many Americans receive that Wilkerson, in "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," says became an "inadvertent leaflet in favor of the Democrat" (312)?
(a) Notifications of layoffs and downsizing at their employers.
(b) A solicitation for contributions by John McCain.
(c) Their quarterly statements for their retirement accounts.
(d) An openly racist cartoon paid for by a Republican PAC.

2. On page 6, Wilkerson calls a financial crisis "cataclysmic." What kind of crisis was it?
(a) Creating the necessary conditions for a later event; a precondition.
(b) Overblown, lacking in substance.
(c) Protracted; drawn-out.
(d) Violent and overwhelming.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," what mistake does Wilkerson believe Democrats make with regard to their most loyal voters?
(a) Failing to follow through on promises made to them.
(b) Making their concerns a low priority.
(c) Making their concerns the central focus.
(d) Failing to think through the consequences of their "wish list."

4. In the opening of "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," what does Wilkerson call "The greatest departure from the script of the American caste system" (311)?
(a) The toppling of the Confederate monuments.
(b) The Voting Rights Act.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) The election of Barack Obama.

5. Which leading Black intellectual corresponded with Bhimrao Ambedkar about race in America?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) William Monroe Trotter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Chapter Twenty: The Inevitable Narcissism of Caste," what does Wilkerson say about whites who take time to consider the Black perspective?

3. According to "Chapter Twenty-Five: A Change in the Script," what percentage of White voters voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012?

4. About how many years did American slavery last?

5. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does the Nigerian playwright tell Wilkerson about Blacks in Africa?

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