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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 question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
(a) "How do we face and address the past?"
(b) "How did we get here?"
(c) "Why are we here?"
(d) "Where do we go next?"
2. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1988.
3. 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, poverty, and educational oppression.
(c) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(d) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
4. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(b) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.
(c) Segregation in public schools and buildings.
(d) Slavery in the Southern United States.
5. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 560.
(b) 250.
(c) 500.
(d) 750.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
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. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
4. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?
5. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
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