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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Introduction.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?
(a) Richard Roth.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) Jason Alexander.
(d) Andrew Stabler.
2. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2015.
3. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Segregation in public schools and buildings.
(b) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(c) Slavery in the Southern United States.
(d) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.
4. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 215.
(b) 116.
(c) 19.
(d) 93.
5. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.
Short Answer Questions
1. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
2. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
3. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
4. 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?
5. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?
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