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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What writer for Time magazine wrote a critique of Obama's speech, as described in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) Marc Mauer.
(b) Michael Eric Dyson.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

2. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(c) William Berkeley.
(d) Devah Pager.

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

4. How many drug arrests took place nationally in 2005?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 3.5 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 2.5 million.

5. What organization did Dorsey Nunn co-found?
(a) Tomorrow's Sunshine.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) All of Us or None.
(d) The United Negros' Fund.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. For what crime(s) did Warren McCleskey face the death penalty?

3. 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?

4. When was the case of McCleskey v. Kemp decided by the Supreme Court?

5. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does political disenfranchisement apply to Jim Crow and mass incarceration, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

2. What was determined in the Supreme Court case of Rucker v. Davis?

3. What are the obstacles that former criminals face in terms of finding housing?

4. Why does the author discuss Barack Obama's speech at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

5. What is discussed regarding Stanley Cohen's States of Denial in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

6. What does the author mean when she refers to "second-class citizens" in the book?

7. What was enacted with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998?

8. When did Whren v. United States go before the Supreme Court? What was the Court's decision?

9. What is noted about Frederick Douglass's speech at the National Colored Convention in 1853 in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

10. How did the media and propaganda contribute to the stereotype of the poor African American drug user?

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