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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. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) April 12, 1861.
(b) September 16, 1862.
(c) March 1, 1863.
(d) January 1, 1866.

2. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 15%.

3. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) Malcolm X's.
(b) Frederick Douglass's.
(c) Lerone Bennett Jr.'s.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.'s.

4. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?
(a) "One's character."
(b) "One's race."
(c) One's history."
(d) "One's income."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

2. What does "caste" refer to?

3. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

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?

5. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

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