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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".

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

2. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?
(a) William Berkeley.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(d) Loic Wacquant.

3. 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 history."
(b) "One's income."
(c) "One's character."
(d) "One's race."

4. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1865.

5. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
(a) 1723.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1720.
(d) 1676.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?

2. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

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

4. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?

5. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

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