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

2. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?
(a) Texas.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

3. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
(a) One in five.
(b) One in three.
(c) One in four.
(d) One in ten.

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

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

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

3. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?

4. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

5. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?

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