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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. What sentence did Edward Clary originally receive for possession of crack cocaine when he was 18?
(a) Ten years in prison.
(b) 20 years in prison.
(c) Five years in prison.
(d) 15 years in prison.

2. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1992.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1973.

3. Who is the former executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives that is cited as saying, "There are certain code words that allow you never to have to say 'race' but everybody knows that's what you mean"?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(d) Jerome Miller.

4. In what notable case did the Court establish the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
(a) Batson v. Kentucky.
(b) Rucker v. Davis.
(c) McClesky v. Kemp.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

5. The author asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" that although rural counties contain only 20% of the U.S. population, what percentage of new prison construction occurs there?
(a) 50%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 60%.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," white youth have about how many times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as their African American counterparts?

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. Who coined the term "invisible punishment" to describe the plight faced by former inmates trapped in the criminal justice system?

4. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," what "was the device employed to protect the institution of slavery and the political power of slaveholding states" when the Constitution was written?

5. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?

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