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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. Why did the conference remind Williams of Tawana Brawley?
(a) The conference was about underage drinking.
(b) The conference was about rape.
(c) The conference was about media relationships.
(d) The conference was about white establishment.

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

3. What generalization does Williams say should be fought?
(a) Black as good and white as bad.
(b) Black as bad and white as good.
(c) White as racist.
(d) Black as perfect.

4. What conference does Williams attend in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Sounds of Silence Conference.
(b) The ACLU conference.
(c) The NCCA conference.
(d) The African American rights conference.

5. What does Williams argue replaced direct oppression of African-Americans?
(a) Their omission.
(b) Their freedom.
(c) Their arrest.
(d) Their enslavement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams argue affirmative action should be protected as?

2. What does Williams say small businesses used to rationalize the changes in the mid 80's?

3. What does Williams say added complexities to her opinions?

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

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

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