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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. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1986.

2. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Obtuse."
(b) "Lamentable."
(c) "Adaptable."
(d) "Rigid."

3. When was the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act passed?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1991.

4. What does the "COPS" program stand for?
(a) Country Operated Policing Services.
(b) Community Operated Patrol Systems.
(c) County Ordinance Patrol Systems.
(d) Community Oriented Policing Services.

5. Who was the judge assigned to Edward Clary's case in the Federal District of Missouri?
(a) Judge Lerone Bennett Jr.
(b) Judge William Berkeley.
(c) Judge Clyde Cahill.
(d) Judge George Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the former executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives that is cited as saying, "There are certain code words that allow you never to have to say 'race' but everybody knows that's what you mean"?

2. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?

3. What fraction of the young black male population in the United States today are unemployed, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

4. Who is attributed to the following quotation in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice": "there is no immaculate perception"?

5. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?

(see the answer key)

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