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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 did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2011.

2. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into economic classes.

3. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Douglas Blackmon.

4. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) September 16, 1862.
(b) March 1, 1863.
(c) April 12, 1861.
(d) January 1, 1866.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," what "was the device employed to protect the institution of slavery and the political power of slaveholding states" when the Constitution was written?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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