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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Introduction.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?
(a) "One's income."
(b) "One's race."
(c) One's history."
(d) "One's character."
2. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) African American men.
(b) Latinos and other immigrants.
(c) African American women.
(d) White American men.
3. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?
(a) "Nearly 1.5 million."
(b) "More than 3 million."
(c) "More than 2 million."
(d) "Almost 1 million."
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?
(a) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Racism Still Exists Today."
(d) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
5. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.
(b) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(c) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.
(d) He was killed in a factory accident.
Short Answer Questions
1. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
2. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
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?
4. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
5. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
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