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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Introduction.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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) "Almost 1 million."
(b) "More than 3 million."
(c) "Nearly 1.5 million."
(d) "More than 2 million."
2. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(b) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(c) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(d) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
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 four.
(b) One in three.
(c) One in ten.
(d) One in five.
4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1998.
5. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?
(a) Tuscon.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
2. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
3. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
4. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
5. 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"?
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