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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. Whose arguments on affirmative action did Williams reject?
(a) The 9th Court of Appeals.
(b) California Supreme Court.
(c) The 7th Court of Appeals.
(d) The Supreme Court.

2. Why does Williams say we should avoid neutrality?
(a) African-Americans need to be favorites.
(b) It embedded psychic taboos.
(c) Minorities need to be favorites.
(d) It is not neutral.

3. What does Williams say small businesses did in New York in the mid 80's according to Part I, Chapter3?
(a) They started arming their clerks.
(b) They started hiring private security.
(c) They installed buzzers at the door.
(d) They started refusing access to African-Americans.

4. Who did the black community fiercely criticize?
(a) White officers.
(b) The media.
(c) The district attorney's officer.
(d) The Mexican-American community.

5. What did Mike Tyson give Tawana Brawley?
(a) Tickets for his fights.
(b) Advice on cashing in on her situation.
(c) A punch.
(d) Self defense lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Tawana Brawley case come to represent according to Williams?

2. What policy does Williams say she supported?

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

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

5. What does Williams say happened to the Jewish student?

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