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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 7, Fire and Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was removed from the article after the second edit?
(a) Her expression of rage
(b) The name of the store and her race.
(c) The date it happened.
(d) Her name.

2. Who does Williams argue suffered under the then-current system?
(a) The rich.
(b) Rich and poor.
(c) The poor.
(d) African-Americans.

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

4. What does Williams argue is a function of wealth?
(a) The number of slaves owned.
(b) Racism.
(c) The right to privacy.
(d) Political power.

5. Whose portrait did the Jewish student in Williams' story deface?
(a) Jesus'.
(b) George Washington's.
(c) Beethoven's.
(d) The President's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams argue capitalism did to things that properly had no price?

2. What does Williams argue about the relation between property rights and family liberties African Americans endured under slavery?

3. What does Williams say the "evidentiary rules" of legitimating turf war had whites believe?

4. What does Williams argue capitalism turned the public into?

5. What did Williams' students often do when she exposed her ideas to them?

(see the answer key)

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