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

2. Where did Clifford Runoalds return home to attend the funeral of his 18-month-old daughter after he was busted in a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?
(a) To Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) To Bryan, Texas.
(c) To Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) To Dallas, Texas.

3. When was Christopher Lee Armstrong's motel room raided, leading to his arrest for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine?
(a) May, 1989.
(b) April, 1992.
(c) September, 1991.
(d) June, 2000.

4. 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) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Marc Mauer.

5. The author cites Marilyn Frye as having made a metaphor for the systemic racism toward African Americans. What metaphor is used?
(a) A birdcage.
(b) A mask.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A fishing net.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first year that a black person ever sat on a jury in the United States?

2. In June of 2001, how many more black men were in the Illinois state prison system than were enrolled in the state's public universities?

3. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?

4. 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"?

5. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

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