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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 asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "All racial caste systems, not just mass incarceration, have been supported by" what?
(a) "Racial bias."
(b) "Affirmative action."
(c) "Racial indifference."
(d) "The white community."
2. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 116.
(b) 93.
(c) 19.
(d) 215.
3. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," what "was the device employed to protect the institution of slavery and the political power of slaveholding states" when the Constitution was written?
(a) Authoritarianism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Federalism.
(d) Capitalism.
4. When does the author describe the drunk driving accident in Kentucky that left 27 people dead in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1984.
5. 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?
(a) Evil.
(b) Greed.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Hatred.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?
2. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
3. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
4. What amount of money can Ohio charge probationers as a supervision fee as a condition of probation, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
5. What writer is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow": "It's respectable to tar and feather criminals, to advocate locking them up and thowing away the key. It's not racist to be against crime, even though the archetypal criminal in the media and the public imagination almost always wears Willie Horton's face"?
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