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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. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
(a) 1723.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1676.
(d) 1720.

3. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "Racism Still Exists Today."

4. 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) Marc Mauer.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

5. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 116.
(b) 215.
(c) 19.
(d) 93.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?

2. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?

4. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?

5. 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?

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