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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. Where did Warren McCleskey commit the crime he was accused of?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Arkansas.

2. Who coined the term "invisible punishment" to describe the plight faced by former inmates trapped in the criminal justice system?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) Jeremy Travis.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

3. 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?
(a) Nearly 15,000.
(b) Nearly 5,000.
(c) Nearly 10,000.
(d) Nearly 20,000.

4. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1986.

5. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?
(a) 67%.
(b) 78%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 89%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?

2. 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?

3. How many drug arrests took place nationally in 2005?

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

5. 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"?

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