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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into economic classes.

2. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) African American women.
(b) Latinos and other immigrants.
(c) White American men.
(d) African American men.

3. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 93.
(b) 215.
(c) 116.
(d) 19.

4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1992.

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) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?

2. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?

3. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?

5. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?

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