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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, The Incorruptible Simplicity of Being: A String of Crystalline Parables.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams note pervaded the country?
(a) Crime only.
(b) Crime, drugs and police brutality.
(c) Affirmative action.
(d) Racism and anti-Vietnam.

2. What does Williams claim she bridged in The Alchemy of Race and Rights?
(a) Bridge between jurisprudence and virtue.
(b) Bridge between law and judges.
(c) Bridge between theory and practice.
(d) Bridge between racism and race.

3. Who does Williams argue suffered under the then-current system?
(a) Rich and poor.
(b) The poor.
(c) The rich.
(d) African-Americans.

4. What did Williams think the attitude of those she asked for help betrayed?
(a) The seriousness of racism.
(b) Their lack of respect for her.
(c) Their lack of commitment to the faculty.
(d) Their sexism.

5. What was removed from the article after the second edit?
(a) The date it happened.
(b) Her expression of rage
(c) The name of the store and her race.
(d) Her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Williams say the reading group she was at read?

2. What does Williams believe that parts of the social contract in the United States involved?

3. What does Williams say small businesses did in New York in the mid 80's according to Part I, Chapter3?

4. How many times was the woman mentioned in Williams' story shot?

5. How many principles does Williams say she will study in the book?

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