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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.
(b) Slavery in the Southern United States.
(c) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(d) Segregation in public schools and buildings.

2. 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?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Federalism.
(c) Authoritarianism.
(d) Capitalism.

3. 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) Authoritarian.
(d) Egalitarian.

4. What amount of money can Ohio charge probationers as a supervision fee as a condition of probation, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) $150 per month.
(b) $100 per month.
(c) $25 per month.
(d) $50 per month.

5. The author asserts in The New Jim Crow that no one has more power in the criminal justice system than whom?
(a) Judges.
(b) Defendants.
(c) Prosecutors.
(d) Defense attorneys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?

2. Where was Emma Faye Stewart living when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep?

3. What term is used in the book to describe "a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws, but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity"?

4. What sociologist is cited in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" as stating that each reincarnation of racial caste "is less total, less capable of encompassing and controlling the entire race"?

5. The author asserts in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown" that drug offenses alone account for what fraction of the rise in the federal inmate population between 1985 and 2000?

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