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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1984.
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) "Adaptable."
(b) "Lamentable."
(c) "Obtuse."
(d) "Rigid."
3. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2015.
4. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
(a) Authoritarian.
(b) Utilitarian.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Unitarian.
5. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was killed in a factory accident.
(b) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(c) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.
(d) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.
6. In 2005, how many drug arrests were for possession?
(a) Four out of five.
(b) One out of three.
(c) Three out of five.
(d) Two out of five.
7. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1996.
8. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Racism Still Exists Today."
(d) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
9. What Supreme Court Justice said of the Florida v. Bostick case that "the basis of the decision to single out particular passengers during a suspicionless sweep is less likely to be inarticulate than unspeakable"?
(a) Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) Justice Earl Warren.
(c) Justice Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Justice William Brennan.
10. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
(b) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(c) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(d) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
11. How many people does the author say are in prison or jail for a drug offense today in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Approximately two million.
(b) Approximately 100,000.
(c) Approximately six million.
(d) Approximately half a million.
12. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?
(a) Over 1.8 million.
(b) About 3 million.
(c) Over 1.6 million.
(d) Over 1.2 million.
13. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1982.
14. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?
(a) May 9, 1865.
(b) September 16, 1862.
(c) March 1, 1863.
(d) January 1, 1866.
15. 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) Over 3 million.
(c) About 1 million.
(d) Over 2 million.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
2. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?
3. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
4. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?
5. What does "caste" refer to?
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