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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

2. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
(a) 1866-1880.
(b) 1865-1877.
(c) 1866-1875.
(d) 1864-1872.

3. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?
(a) "Genocide."
(b) "Racism."
(c) "Poverty."
(d) "Confidentiality."

4. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in three.
(d) One in ten.

5. What sociologist is cited in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" as stating that each reincarnation of racial caste "is less total, less capable of encompassing and controlling the entire race"?
(a) Loic Wacquant.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?

2. When did the American Civil War begin?

3. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?

4. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?

5. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?

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