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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Excluding Voices, a Necklace of Thoughts on the Ideology of Style, Chapter 2, Gilded Lilies and Liberal Guilt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams argue capitalism did to things that properly had no price?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Failed to put a price on them.
(c) It turned them into items exchanged and owned.
(d) Made them worthless.

2. What type of law did Williams teach?
(a) Family law.
(b) Criminal law.
(c) Commercial law.
(d) Injury law.

3. What does Williams argue about the relation between property rights and family liberties African Americans endured under slavery?
(a) It still exists today.
(b) It is reversed today.
(c) It is still present in some countries.
(d) It disappeared in 1976.

4. What does Williams argue is a function of wealth?
(a) Political power.
(b) The number of slaves owned.
(c) Racism.
(d) The right to privacy.

5. How does Williams argue about how Americans understood freedom?
(a) As political freedom.
(b) As a concept.
(c) As an excuse for war.
(d) In an abstract way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story about Harvard did Williams use to illustrate the point she made in Part I, Chapter 1?

2. What does Williams note pervaded the country?

3. What is Williams ethnicity?

4. What did Williams' work concern according to Part I, Chapter II?

5. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?

(see the answer key)

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