Quiz: Parenti and Alexander (7 out of 9)

Readings Covered in this Quiz:

Tuesday, May 18: From Slave Revolts to Urban Riots

Parenti, Christian. 2000. Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis. London: Verso. Ch. 1: “Nixon’s Splendid Little War: Social Crisis and Containment” (Pp.3-28).

Thursday, May 20: The “War” on Drugs

Alexander, Michelle. 2010. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York: The New Press. Excerpts of Ch. 2: “The Lockdown” (Pp.58-68, 71-88).

Collective Quiz

Instructions: This is a collective quiz. You have to decide as a group what the right answer is for each question. This means you have to come to a consensus regarding the right answer and cannot select an answer on your own. There is only one question that you have to answer individually, question four. Each question is worth .5 points for a total of 2 points..

First, read through all the questions individually. Once everybody has finished, have a conversation about each question to decide which option is the correct answer. Make sure you express your views by explaining why you think a given option is correct or incorrect and ask your peers questions when you have doubts. 

If a strong disagreement emerges regarding the right answer to one of the questions and the conversation comes to a standstill with both sides unconvinced of the other’s argument, you must decide the right answer by simple majority vote.

I’d like to see you make an effort to encourage others to participate throughout the conversation. You can do this by asking them what their view is on a given question or answer.