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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 race."
(b) "One's character."
(c) One's history."
(d) "One's income."
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, economic inequality, and injustice.
(b) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(c) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(d) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
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 three.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in ten.
(d) One in four.
4. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 250.
(b) 560.
(c) 500.
(d) 750.
5. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?
(a) Richard Roth.
(b) Andrew Stabler.
(c) Marc Mauer.
(d) Jason Alexander.
Short Answer Questions
1. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
2. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?
3. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
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?
5. What does "caste" refer to?
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