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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 did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) January 1, 1864.
(b) January 1, 1863.
(c) January 1, 1865.
(d) January 1, 1866.

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

3. How many drug arrests took place nationally in 2005?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) 2.5 million.
(d) 3.5 million.

4. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

5. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) "Savages."
(b) "Blacks."
(c) "Natives."
(d) "Indians."

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?

2. The author uses a metaphor in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" to describe the circumstances of white Americans who are harmed by the War on Drugs. To whom are these white Americans compared?

3. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?

4. One in how many black men between the ages of 20-35 was behind bars in 2006?

5. When does the author describe the drunk driving accident in Kentucky that left 27 people dead in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

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