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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "The Fire This Time".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Batson v. Kentucky decided?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1987.

2. What symbolic relics does the author discuss in connection with the Jena 6 trial that led to the media coverage of the trial?
(a) Shackles.
(b) Slave-driving whips.
(c) Hanging nooses.
(d) White hoods.

3. The author asserts in The New Jim Crow that no one has more power in the criminal justice system than whom?
(a) Defense attorneys.
(b) Prosecutors.
(c) Judges.
(d) Defendants.

4. The author uses a metaphor in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" to describe the circumstances of white Americans who are harmed by the War on Drugs. To whom are these white Americans compared?
(a) Vietnamese civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
(b) Iraqi civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
(c) Afghani civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.
(d) Korean civilians harmed by U.S. military operations.

5. Nearly how many African Americans live below the poverty line today, according to the author in Chapter 6: "The Fire This Time"?
(a) Nearly 2/3.
(b) Nearly 1/2.
(c) Nearly 1/3.
(d) Nearly 1/4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

2. When was the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act passed, authorizing public housing agencies the ability to exclude and evict drug offenders and other felons from access?

3. According to the author in Chapter 6: "The Fire This Time," when did the British Society for the Abolition of Slavery adopt as its official seal a woodcut that stated "Am I not a man and a brother?"

4. Where was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned?

5. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

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