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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
(a) The 14th Amendment.
(b) The 12th Amendment.
(c) The 16th Amendment.
(d) The 15th Amendment.

2. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?
(a) Roanoke, Virginia.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Jamestown, Virginia.
(d) Province of New Jersey.

3. 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) Loic Wacquant.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Marc Mauer.

4. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 560.
(b) 250.
(c) 750.
(d) 500.

5. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Loic Wacquant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "caste" refer to?

2. When did the American Civil War begin?

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. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?

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"?

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