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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 word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Utilitarian.
(d) Authoritarian.

2. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) June, 2004.
(b) March, 2008.
(c) July, 2001.
(d) October, 2007.

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) "More than 3 million."
(b) "Almost 1 million."
(c) "Nearly 1.5 million."
(d) "More than 2 million."

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

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"?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1982.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?

5. What does "caste" refer to?

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