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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Caste" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term did Peggy McIntosh term which refers to “a range of systemic unearned advantages that benefit white people” (98).
(a) White privilege.
(b) White anxiety.
(c) White fragility.
(d) White power.

2. What did the Bush administration claim about John McCain in 2000 which lost him the vote in South Carolina?
(a) He was not a United States.
(b) He cheated on his wife with a Black woman.
(c) He fathered a Black child out of wedlock.
(d) He had not paid taxes for over 10 years.

3. In what ways does Lalami say assimilation of immigrants was not required when she was growing up in Morocco?
(a) Moroccans and French immigrants did not associate with one another.
(b) French immigrants were not required to change their language or clothing styles.
(c) French immigrants were not allowed to stay for long periods in Morocco.
(d) French immigrants were lauded for their cultural differences.

4. What administration in 1990 enacted a law that would allow more immigrants to apply for visas?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Obama.
(c) Bush.
(d) Trump.

5. What did Glenn Beck ask of Muslim-American politician Keith Ellison when he spoke about ending the war in Iraq?
(a) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to go back to his own country.
(b) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to give him three good reasons the U.S. did not belong in Iraq or Afghanistan.
(c) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to prove he was not working with the terrorists.
(d) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to explain how the war could be safely ended.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much do Hispanic women make per every dollar a white man makes, according to Lalami in "Caste"?

2. After the Martinez-Fuerte case, the Supreme Court ruled it was okay to pull aside people based on what?

3. What is one reason Lalami is taken aback when the woman in the audience at her reading of her novel asked about ISIS?

4. How much was Lalami's first apartment in Los Angeles, which she describes at the start of "Caste"?

5. Where was Lalami and what was she doing when she was handed a flyer by the Muslim Public Affairs Council to vote for George W. Bush?

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