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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. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1940.

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

3. 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?
(a) "More than 3 million."
(b) "Nearly 1.5 million."
(c) "More than 2 million."
(d) "Almost 1 million."

4. By the end of 2007, how many Americans were behind bars, on probation, or on parole, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Over 7 million.
(b) About 3 million.
(c) About 5 million.
(d) Over 8 million.

5. 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"?
(a) Native American slavery.
(b) White slavery.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) Indentured servitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?

2. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?

3. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?

4. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

5. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

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