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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. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) July, 2001.
(b) October, 2007.
(c) June, 2004.
(d) March, 2008.
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"?
(a) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.
3. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
4. When does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) July, 1993.
(b) November, 2003.
(c) March, 1999.
(d) August, 2005.
5. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) About 20 million.
(b) About 10 million.
(c) Over 31 million.
(d) Over 35 million.
Short Answer Questions
1. What sociologist is cited in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" as stating that each reincarnation of racial caste "is less total, less capable of encompassing and controlling the entire race"?
2. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
3. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?
4. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
5. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
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