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

2. Who wrote the book States of Denial?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Stanley Cohen.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Devah Pager.

3. Who coined the term "invisible punishment" to describe the plight faced by former inmates trapped in the criminal justice system?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) Jeremy Travis.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

4. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?
(a) 41,100.
(b) 25,900.
(c) 29,350.
(d) 35,250.

5. 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 4 million.
(b) About 1 million.
(c) Over 2 million.
(d) Over 3 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what notable case did the Court establish the doctrine of "separate but equal"?

2. When did San Francisco's Ban the Box policy take effect?

3. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

4. About what percentage of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

5. The author states in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," "Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute" what percent "of all drug offenders sent to prison"?

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