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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 3, The Death of the Profane.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prevented Williams from entering the store in Part I, Chapter 3?
(a) A Hispanic security guard.
(b) A black attendant.
(c) A white attendant.
(d) A white security guard.

2. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The dean.
(c) The associate dean.
(d) A student.

3. What does Williams say there was a phantom of in neutrality?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Racism.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Lawlessness.

4. What does Williams want to show about legal language?
(a) It protect the whites in power.
(b) It is reprehensible.
(c) It flattens complex issues.
(d) It is necessary.

5. What does Williams say about how she was treated during her different social functions?
(a) As a slave.
(b) As a woman.
(c) Both as black and non-black.
(d) As a white man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Williams ethnicity?

3. What was the profession of one of Williams' student's fathers according to Part I, Chapter 2?

4. What common conception does Williams target in her book?

5. What does Williams say some people claimed when she told her story about the store?

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