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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Wilkerson in In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what do social scientists say combines with racial bias to produce racism?
2. When legislation was finally adopted to limit the workday of enslaved persons, how long did their workday become?
3. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," where does Wilkerson say the term "Caucasian" came from?
4. In "Pillar Number One: Divine Will and the Laws of Nature," what is Wilkerson's central claim?
5. In the opening anecdote of the book, what escapes from the melting permafrost?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what was the original justification for lifetime enslavement, and how did that justification need to change as circumstances changed?
2. What is the rhetorical purpose of Wilkerson telling the story about the man who refuses to believe that she works for the New York Times?
3. According to Wilkerson, what relationship exists between immigration or transportation to America and "becoming" white or Black?
4. For what reason does Wilkerson say that race is a social concept, not a biological one?
5. Explain the relationship between Hammond's "Mudsill" speech and the economic uses of caste that Wilkerson describes in "Pillar Number Five: Occupational Hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill."
6. To what cause does Wilkerson ascribe the election of Donald Trump?
7. In "The Hierarchy of Trace Amounts: Griffes, Marabons, and Sangmelees," what are the words "Griffes, Marabons, and Sangmelees," and what point do they illustrate?
8. According to Wilkerson, how did slavery create the conditions for American stereotypes about Black people?
9. What is the rhetorical purpose of including the anecdote about Willie James Howard in "Pillar Number Three: Endogamy and the Control of Marriage and Mating"?
10. How does Wilkerson explain the differences between race and caste?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
On page 388, Wilkerson says "We are responsible for our own ignorance or, with time and openhearted enlightenment, our own wisdom. We are responsible for ourselves and our own deeds or misdeeds in our time and in our own space and will be judged accordingly by succeeding generations.” Write an essay in which you explain her meaning and in which you defend, refute, or qualify this statement. Offer textual support for your claims and cite any outside sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you explore modern Indian beliefs about caste. To what extent are they linked to Hinduism? To what extent are they linked to rural versus urban settings? To what extent are they linked to education? How have they changed as the Indian economy has changed? Cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you use argument by analogy to make your case. You may write on any topic you choose, as long as you create a tenable thesis. Be sure to cite any sources in MLA format.
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