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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "The Lockdown".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) African American men.
(b) Latinos and other immigrants.
(c) African American women.
(d) White American men.

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

3. 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 ten.
(d) One in three.

4. When does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) November, 2003.
(b) March, 1999.
(c) August, 2005.
(d) July, 1993.

5. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

2. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

3. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

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

5. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

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