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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. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2001.

2. In June of 2001, how many more black men were in the Illinois state prison system than were enrolled in the state's public universities?
(a) Nearly 5,000.
(b) Nearly 10,000.
(c) Nearly 15,000.
(d) Nearly 20,000.

3. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of cocaine.
(b) A pound of quaaludes.
(c) A pound of marijuana.
(d) A pound of heroin.

4. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?
(a) William Berkeley.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(c) Devah Pager.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

5. Where was Clinton Drake arrested for possession of marijuana?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Houston, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Clifford Runoalds return home to attend the funeral of his 18-month-old daughter after he was busted in a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?

3. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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