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

2. 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"?
(a) Native American slavery.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) White slavery.
(d) Indentured servitude.

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

4. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1988.

5. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "Racism Still Exists Today."
(b) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

2. 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"?

3. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

4. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?

5. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

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