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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 4, Teleology on the Rocks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams argue capitalism turned the public into?
(a) Inactive people.
(b) Credit card holder.
(c) Consumers.
(d) The private.

2. How does Williams argue about how Americans understood freedom?
(a) In an abstract way.
(b) As an excuse for war.
(c) As a concept.
(d) As political freedom.

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

4. What story about Harvard did Williams use to illustrate the point she made in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) Her arguing with a fellow law professor.
(b) Her receiving an award.
(c) Harvard's inability to find African American female professors.
(d) Her speaking with her students.

5. What does Williams argue capitalism did to everything?
(a) Spoiled it.
(b) Exported it to China.
(c) Commodified it.
(d) Made is cheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of one of Williams' student's fathers according to Part I, Chapter 2?

2. What does Williams say penetrated even the highest levels of culture?

3. What policy does Williams say she supported?

4. What does Williams say happened to one of the black youth chased by police?

5. What answer did Williams give to the one who questioned her account in the book?

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