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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. On page 11, what does Wilkerson indicate the term "evangelical voters" is code for?
(a) Rural.
(b) Bible Belt.
(c) White.
(d) Working class.

2. According to Wilkerson, who is at the top of the "ladder of humanity" created by colonists in North America?
(a) Christians.
(b) Northern Europeans.
(c) English Protestants.
(d) White men.

3. In the 1863 Draft Riots, what immigrant group perpetrated violence against Blacks?
(a) Italians.
(b) Irish.
(c) Germans.
(d) Chinese.

4. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say human-genome testing has revealed about race?
(a) It is entirely dependent on geography.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) There are up to 36 divisions that could be called "races."
(d) There is tremendous variation within each of the five races.

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 idea that the house has a story to tell is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Apostrophe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What social trend does Wilkerson link to the 2016 election?

2. To whom is Wilkerson referring on page 4 when she describes someone as "a no-nonsense national figure overqualified by some estimates"?

3. In the opening analogy of the book, what is the melting permafrost being compared to?

4. In Wilkerson's anecdote about the house inspector, how does he "see past the plaster" (17)?

5. In "An American Untouchable," how does the high school principal in India refer to Martin Luther King'?

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