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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2006, one in how many African American men was behind bars?
(a) 14.
(b) 29.
(c) 106.
(d) 20.

2. When did San Francisco's Ban the Box policy take effect?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2011.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2001.

3. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(c) William Berkeley.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

4. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?
(a) John Edgar Wideman.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) William Berkeley.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

5. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?
(a) March 1, 1863.
(b) January 1, 1866.
(c) May 9, 1865.
(d) September 16, 1862.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "All racial caste systems, not just mass incarceration, have been supported by" what?

2. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?

3. When was the first year that a black person ever sat on a jury in the United States?

4. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?

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"?

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