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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. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

2. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?
(a) Jason Alexander.
(b) Andrew Stabler.
(c) Richard Roth.
(d) Marc Mauer.

3. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?
(a) Over 3 million.
(b) Over 4 million.
(c) About 1 million.
(d) Over 2 million.

4. The author asserts in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that anyone convicted of a felony is automatically ineligible for public housing assistance for at least what length of time?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

5. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
(a) Criminal justice reform.
(b) Education reform.
(c) Affirmative action.
(d) Tax reform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?

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

3. Who coined the term "invisible punishment" to describe the plight faced by former inmates trapped in the criminal justice system?

4. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

5. What Supreme Court Justice dissented on the ruling in Terry v. Ohio?

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