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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Part One: Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising All Around" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 12, Wilkerson says that some contagions can only be managed with "vigilance." How is she proposing they should be managed?
(a) With brute force.
(b) With constant watchfulness.
(c) With great speed.
(d) With careful thoroughness.

2. On page 6, Wilkerson calls a financial crisis "cataclysmic." What kind of crisis was it?
(a) Violent and overwhelming.
(b) Overblown, lacking in substance.
(c) Creating the necessary conditions for a later event; a precondition.
(d) Protracted; drawn-out.

3. On page 16, Wilkerson says that people adjust to the "idiosyncrasies" of an old house. What is she saying that they adjust to?
(a) Its negative qualities.
(b) Its positive qualities.
(c) Its layout and design.
(d) Its peculiar or unique features.

4. Which leading Black intellectual corresponded with Bhimrao Ambedkar about race in America?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Thurgood Marshall.
(c) William Monroe Trotter.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

5. According to Wilkerson, what constituency does the Republican Party represent?
(a) People whose first concern is the sovereignty of the United States.
(b) Those who want to protect an older social order that benefits whites.
(c) Progressives and nativists.
(d) Humanitarians and the marginalized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the caste systems in India and the United States, which other caste system does Wilkerson say that she will focus on?

2. According to Wilkerson, who is at the top of the "ladder of humanity" created by colonists in North America?

3. 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?

4. According to Wilkerson's explanation on page 9, why did Democrats hesitate to impeach Trump?

5. 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 reference to a dowager aunt is an example of what literary technique?

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