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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "The Lockdown".

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

2. How many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 32,000.
(d) 50,000.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 250.
(b) 500.
(c) 750.
(d) 560.

4. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
(a) "Why are we here?"
(b) "Where do we go next?"
(c) "How did we get here?"
(d) "How do we face and address the past?"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?

2. What term is used in the book to describe "a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws, but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity"?

3. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?

5. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

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