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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Part Three: The Eight Pillars of Caste".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To what part of history does Wilkerson explicitly link the Electoral College?
(a) Colonization.
(b) The Jim Crow South.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Reconstruction.
2. In "A Long-Running Play and the Emergence of Caste in America," what does Wilkerson say Americans want to dismiss as a "sad, dark chapter" of American history (43)?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The Colonial treatment of Blacks.
(c) The Jim Crow era.
(d) The Trump presidency.
3. On page 6, Wilkerson calls a financial crisis "cataclysmic." What kind of crisis was it?
(a) Protracted; drawn-out.
(b) Overblown, lacking in substance.
(c) Violent and overwhelming.
(d) Creating the necessary conditions for a later event; a precondition.
4. 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 human nature to want to dominate others.
(b) It allows them to discriminate without having to admit that they are racists.
(c) It is too psychologically painful to admit that one's own position is unearned.
(d) It preserves their place in the hierarchy.
5. How many American states had laws officially prohibiting marriage between Blacks and whites?
(a) 12.
(b) 50.
(c) 26.
(d) 41.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 16, Wilkerson says that people adjust to the "idiosyncrasies" of an old house. What is she saying that they adjust to?
2. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say we are doing when we "see" race?
3. In "Chapter Six: The Measure of Humanity," what does Wilkerson say human-genome testing has revealed about race?
4. In "The Vitals of History," what does Wilkerson compare an honest and rigorous study of history to?
5. According to "The Trials of the Middle Castes: The Race to Get Under the White Tent," what caused the Supreme Court to rule that "White" means "Caucasian"?
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