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

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) January 1, 1865.
(b) January 1, 1863.
(c) January 1, 1866.
(d) January 1, 1864.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 250.
(b) 560.
(c) 500.
(d) 750.

4. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Obtuse."
(b) "Lamentable."
(c) "Rigid."
(d) "Adaptable."

5. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) June, 2004.
(b) July, 2001.
(c) March, 2008.
(d) October, 2007.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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"?

3. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?

4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?

5. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?

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