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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 author cites Marilyn Frye as having made a metaphor for the systemic racism toward African Americans. What metaphor is used?
(a) A mask.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A fishing net.
(d) A birdcage.

2. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

3. 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?
(a) The Apostolic Church of God.
(b) The New Zion Church of God.
(c) The New Life Christian Science Church.
(d) The First Episcopal Church.

4. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?
(a) John Edgar Wideman.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) William Berkeley.

5. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

2. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?

3. When was Operation Pipeline launched?

4. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?

5. 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?

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