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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Ladder to the Light, A Series of Hinged Turning Points, Chapter 9, Mirrors and Windows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mike Tyson do that Williams says was unfair he was not despised for?
(a) Boxing.
(b) Beating his wife.
(c) Killing a tiger.
(d) Losing to a white boxer.

2. What does Williams say the liberal understand freedom as?
(a) Freedom of religion.
(b) Freedom of association.
(c) The right to bear arms.
(d) Freedom of speech.

3. Where did Tawana Brawley live in 1987?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Wappinger.
(c) Boston.
(d) San Francisco.

4. What does Williams say recent affirmative action jurisprudence rejected?
(a) The definition of prejudice.
(b) The obligation of small businesses to abide by it.
(c) The right for African-Americans to use it.
(d) The constitutionality of racial preferences.

5. What conclusion does Williams say she drew from the incident at the store?
(a) Buzzers were useless.
(b) Women were discriminated against.
(c) Racism was permissible.
(d) Guns should be controlled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose portrait did the Jewish student in Williams' story deface?

2. Why did the conference remind Williams of Tawana Brawley?

3. What did Williams need help with in Part III, Chapter 9?

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

5. How did the Jewish student deface the portrait in Williams' story?

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