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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Part Two: The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 study of race in America?
(a) The American Web of Class and Race.
(b) Caste in America.
(c) America's Race Problem.
(d) An American Dilemma.

2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what reason does Wilkerson give for most people's participation in the American caste system?
(a) It is too psychologically painful to admit that one's own position is unearned.
(b) It is human nature to want to dominate others.
(c) It preserves their place in the hierarchy.
(d) It allows them to discriminate without having to admit that they are racists.

3. What was decided at the conference depicted in the opening of "The Nazis and the Acceleration of Caste"?
(a) The Nuremberg Laws.
(b) The Lebensraum program.
(c) Forced sterilization of Jews.
(d) The plan to exterminate German Jews.

4. When legislation was finally adopted to limit the workday of enslaved persons, how long did their workday become?
(a) 18 hours.
(b) 14-15 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 9-10 hours.

5. In "An American Untouchable," how does the high school principal in India refer to Martin Luther King'?
(a) As an "untouchable."
(b) As a great leader.
(c) As an "American Gandhi."
(d) As a "Negro."

Short Answer Questions

1. In the page 15 sentence "An old house is its own kind of devotional, a dowager aunt with a story to be coaxed out of her," the idea that the house has a story to tell is an example of what literary technique?

2. In the beginning of "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what physical characteristic is the basis for Wilkerson's imaginary caste system?

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

4. Which leading Black intellectual corresponded with Bhimrao Ambedkar about race in America?

5. On page 59 of "Chapter Five: 'The Container We Have Built for You,'" when Harold Hale's daughter is about to return to school after a visit with a friend's family, what is the grandmother's response?

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