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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. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?
(a) The Mississippi Supreme Court.
(b) The Virginia Supreme Court.
(c) The Louisiana Supreme Court.
(d) The Arkansas Supreme Court.

2. 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) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Marc Mauer.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

3. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(b) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.
(c) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.
(d) He was killed in a factory accident.

4. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
(a) Education reform.
(b) Affirmative action.
(c) Tax reform.
(d) Criminal justice reform.

5. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?
(a) "More than 3 million."
(b) "Nearly 1.5 million."
(c) "Almost 1 million."
(d) "More than 2 million."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

2. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?

3. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

4. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

5. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?

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