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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. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into racial classes.

2. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Rigid."
(b) "Lamentable."
(c) "Adaptable."
(d) "Obtuse."

3. When was the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act passed?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1986.

4. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.

5. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) March 1, 1863.
(b) April 12, 1861.
(c) January 1, 1866.
(d) September 16, 1862.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?

2. How many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?

3. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?

4. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

5. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?

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