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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 "Epilogue: A World Without Caste," what does W.E.B. Du Bois say about Einstein's understanding of prejudice?
(a) That Einstein's brilliance made things clear to him that were harder for others to understand.
(b) That Einstein's celebrity made him a useful ally even if he did not always fully understand the scope of the problem.
(c) That he seemed to want to help, even if he did not know how.
(d) That as a Jew, Einstein had reason to understand prejudice.

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

3. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," where does Wilkerson say that the idea of race began?
(a) In colonial India.
(b) During the Moorish invasion of Spain.
(c) In the transatlantic slave trade.
(d) In Ancient Greece and Rome.

4. According to "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill," what percentage of Blacks worked in white-collar professions during the Great Depression?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

5. In "Chapter Thirty-One: The Heart Is the Last Frontier," what do Wilkerson and the plumber eventually bond over?
(a) Their shared disdain for their fathers.
(b) Her interest in Buenos Aires.
(c) Their shared losses of their mothers.
(d) The puzzle of tracking down the source of the leak.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," what is the story of Burton Holmes and Freddie Stowers meant to illustrate?

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," where does Wilkerson say the term "Caucasian" came from?

3. On page 6, Wilkerson calls a financial crisis "cataclysmic." What kind of crisis was it?

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

5. On page 16, Wilkerson says that people adjust to the "idiosyncrasies" of an old house. What is she saying that they adjust to?

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