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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1973.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1965.

2. Who wrote The Anatomy of Racial Inequality?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Glenn Loury.

3. Who is attributed to the following quotation in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice": "there is no immaculate perception"?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Douglas Blackmon.

4. Where is the See Forever charter school for juvenile offenders?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York City.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Chicago.

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

6. One in how many black men between the ages of 20-35 was behind bars in 2006?
(a) Nine.
(b) 16.
(c) 29.
(d) 42.

7. In what case did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strike down the "no fault" clause on the ground that eviction of innocent tenants was inconsistent with the legislative scheme?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) Rucker v. Davis.
(c) McClesky v. Kemp.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

8. Where was Edward Clary stopped and searched when he was 18?
(a) JFK airport.
(b) The San Diego airport.
(c) Chicago O'Hare airport.
(d) The St. Louis airport.

9. In what case in 1985 did the Court rule that racially biased strikes violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?
(a) Batson v. Kentucky.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) Rucker v. Davis.
(d) McClesky v. Kemp.

10. When was the case of McCleskey v. Kemp decided by the Supreme Court?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1983.

11. The increase in the number of African American males sent to prison for drug crimes increased by what percentage between 1985 and 2005?
(a) 1,000%.
(b) 300%.
(c) 500%.
(d) 2,000%.

12. Where was Clinton Drake arrested for possession of marijuana?
(a) Montgomery, Alabama.
(b) Houston, Texas.
(c) Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

13. What sentence did Edward Clary originally receive for possession of crack cocaine when he was 18?
(a) 20 years in prison.
(b) Ten years in prison.
(c) Five years in prison.
(d) 15 years in prison.

14. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?
(a) 67%.
(b) 89%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 65%.

15. How many African American men received a bachelor's degree from Illinois state universities in 1999?
(a) 2,567.
(b) 1,235.
(c) 693.
(d) 992.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The author asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "All racial caste systems, not just mass incarceration, have been supported by" what?

3. Who wrote the book States of Denial?

4. 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"?

5. According to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," white youth have about how many times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as their African American counterparts?

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