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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The quote from Frederick Douglass that opens Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" was a part of a statement on behalf of delegates to the National Colored Convention held when?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1845.

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

3. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1972.

4. What writer for Time magazine wrote a critique of Obama's speech, as described in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) Michael Eric Dyson.
(d) Loic Wacquant.

5. What are the only two states that allow inmates to vote while incarcerated?
(a) Massachusetts and New York.
(b) Texas and Arkansas.
(c) Louisiana and Mississippi.
(d) Maine and Vermont.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

2. In Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" the author describes a speech that Barack Obama gave during his presidential campaign. Where was the speech given?

3. In June of 2001, how many more black men were in the Illinois state prison system than were enrolled in the state's public universities?

4. Where did Warren McCleskey commit the crime he was accused of?

5. Who was the former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy that stated that if your child bought drugs, "it was from a student of their own race generally"?

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