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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 argue really happened when the slaves were "freed"?
(a) They went to school.
(b) They were unowned.
(c) They were kept in slavery.
(d) They were used as free labor.

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

3. Who does Williams say ignored her while she was attending college?
(a) Other women.
(b) Her classmates.
(c) White teachers.
(d) Competitive white men.

4. What does Williams maintain racial construction had?
(a) Great responsibility.
(b) Low credibility.
(c) Great power.
(d) Little power.

5. What does Williams say the image of peaceful white community being interrupted by a black presence did to blacks?
(a) It made them mad.
(b) It made them mistrustful.
(c) It dehumanized them.
(d) It made them sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams criticize the increase focused on?

2. What did Williams do with Peter Gabel in Part III, Chapter 8?

3. Who was the woman in Williams story shot by?

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

5. What does Williams say recent affirmative action jurisprudence rejected?

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