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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 the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1882.

2. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
(a) "Why are we here?"
(b) "Where do we go next?"
(c) "How do we face and address the past?"
(d) "How did we get here?"

3. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 93.
(b) 116.
(c) 215.
(d) 19.

4. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
(a) 1866-1875.
(b) 1866-1880.
(c) 1864-1872.
(d) 1865-1877.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

2. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

3. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?

4. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?

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"?

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