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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. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) African American women.
(b) Latinos and other immigrants.
(c) White American men.
(d) African American men.

2. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?
(a) NAFTA.
(b) The Amerian Negro's Fund.
(c) The Freedman's Bureau.
(d) The NAACP.

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

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

5. Where was Clinton Drake arrested for possession of marijuana?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Montgomery, Alabama.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Christopher Lee Armstrong's motel room raided, leading to his arrest for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine?

2. The author concludes in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" that during the age of slavery, white plantation owners were motivated principally by what component?

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

4. The author cites Marilyn Frye as having made a metaphor for the systemic racism toward African Americans. What metaphor is used?

5. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

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