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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. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Racism Still Exists Today."
(d) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
2. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.'s.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.'s.
(c) Malcolm X's.
(d) Frederick Douglass's.
3. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) October, 2007.
(b) March, 2008.
(c) June, 2004.
(d) July, 2001.
4. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) "Savages."
(b) "Natives."
(c) "Blacks."
(d) "Indians."
5. 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, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(b) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(c) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(d) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
2. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?
3. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
4. 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"?
5. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
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