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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. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1959.

2. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Utilitarian.

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?
(a) "Rigid."
(b) "Lamentable."
(c) "Obtuse."
(d) "Adaptable."

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

5. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?
(a) "One's race."
(b) One's history."
(c) "One's income."
(d) "One's character."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?

3. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?

5. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

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