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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Wilkerson reveal about Indian castes in America?
(a) Caste continues to affect people even after they immigrate.
(b) Dalits are often falsely accused of crimes in America, just as they are in India.
(c) The caste system has little or no power in the lives of Indians in America.
(d) Their need to flee the caste system is why so many Indian immigrants to America are Dalits.

2. In "Chapter Twenty-Six: Turning Point and the Resurgence of Caste," whom does Wilkerson name as the most loyal voters of the Republican Party?
(a) White business owners.
(b) White evangelicals.
(c) The wealthiest ten percent of voters.
(d) Older Americans.

3. In "Chapter Twenty-One: The German Girl with the Dark, Wavy Hair," what point does Wilkerson make about the relationship of the loss of the Jewish population and the chapter's titular story?
(a) Once the Jews were gone, it became clear that the anxiety Germans felt had nothing to do with the Jews.
(b) Once Jews were gone, Germans looked for other scapegoats.
(c) The collective narcissism of Germans needed a new focus in the absence of the Jewish population.
(d) The Jewish community had acted as a moderating force; in its absence, Germans began to turn on one another.

4. In "Chapter Twenty-Four: Cortisol, Telomeres, and the Lethality of Caste," what are the "telomeres" Wilkerson talks about?
(a) Diseases related to stress.
(b) The cell sites that respond to chemicals like cortisol.
(c) Stress hormones.
(d) A part of the DNA strand that shortens with aging.

5. In "Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Price We Pay for a Caste System," what is the anecdote about physicist Lean Lederman intended to illustrate?
(a) White Americans are often unaware of the challenges faced by Black Americans.
(b) The United States devotes relatively few resources to the well-being of its citizens.
(c) Even in modern times it is nearly impossible for Black scientists to achieve recognition for their work.
(d) Black Americans are still discriminated against by the health-care system.

6. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," Wilkerson relays the story of a Black woman who visits a new white neighbor. What is the white neighbor's response?
(a) He calls for his wife, because he assumes that she is there to apply for their nanny position.
(b) He calls the police and reports and intruder in his home.
(c) He assumes that she works for the dry cleaners he is expecting to pick up his clothing.
(d) He assumes that she is trying to steal the packages that he has on his porch.

7. In "Chapter Fifteen: The Urgent Necessity of a Bottom Rung," what does Wilkerson say is the "greatest threat to a caste system" (224)?
(a) Lower-caste success.
(b) Lower-caste failure.
(c) Upper-caste success.
(d) Upper-caste failure.

8. In "Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," Wilkerson discusses biases that occur without thought. What is this kind of bias called?
(a) Autonomic bias.
(b) Unconscious bias.
(c) Automatic bias.
(d) Subconscious bias.

9. On page 287 of "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Roxanne Gay say causes whites to "embrace narratives about forgiveness"?
(a) A desire to pretend that the world is fair.
(b) A subconscious sense of guilt for the wrongs of the past.
(c) The urge to protect their caste privilege.
(d) Christianity.

10. In "Chapter Fourteen: The Intrusion of Caste in Everyday Life," what does Wilkerson use Tamir Rice's story to illustrate?
(a) White bystanders often assume that they know better than Black parents.
(b) Black parents are capable of raising their own children.
(c) Whites often assume that they have authority over unrelated Black children.
(d) Black parents have good reason for being afraid for their sons.

11. 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) Polls tend to under-represent older white voters in agricultural states.
(b) Because of social stigma around Trump, voters told people they were going to vote for Clinton but actually voted for Trump.
(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.

12. 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."

13. In "Chapter Nineteen: The Euphoria of Hate," what film footage does Wilkerson describe?
(a) The liberation of Auschwitz.
(b) The trial of the police officers who killed Freddie Gray.
(c) Hitler's return to Germany after the conquest of Paris.
(d) The last public lynching in Georgia.

14. In "Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," what does Wilkerson reveal about the New Deal and the Federal Housing Administration?
(a) White American opposed them initially because they were afraid the aid would go to Blacks.
(b) Black Americans used these programs as their first "leg up" toward the middle class.
(c) Although intended to help primarily Black Americans, these programs have largely served whites.
(d) They were created to help white Americans, and Blacks were largely excluded from their assistance.

15. 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) Male Mexican Americans.
(b) Poor Mexican Americans.
(c) Middle-class Mexican Americans.
(d) Female Mexican Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In "Chapter Eleven: Dominant Group Status Threat and the Precarity of the Highest Rung," what is one factor Wilkerson points to as an explanation for "dominant group status threat" in modern America?

3. On page 283 of "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Stockholm Syndrome and the Survival of the Subordinate Class," what does Wilkerson quote anthropologist Edmund Leach as saying about the lowest caste in India?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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