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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?
(a) The Mississippi Supreme Court.
(b) The Louisiana Supreme Court.
(c) The Arkansas Supreme Court.
(d) The Virginia Supreme Court.

2. When was the first year that a black person ever sat on a jury in the United States?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1890.

3. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was killed in a factory accident.
(b) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.
(c) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(d) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.

4. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?
(a) March 1, 1863.
(b) May 9, 1865.
(c) January 1, 1866.
(d) September 16, 1862.

5. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Adaptable."
(b) "Obtuse."
(c) "Rigid."
(d) "Lamentable."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Terrance Bostick traveling on a Greyhound bus when he was arrested?

2. When was Batson v. Kentucky decided?

3. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?

4. Who was the judge assigned to Edward Clary's case in the Federal District of Missouri?

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

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