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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Excluding Voices, a Necklace of Thoughts on the Ideology of Style, Chapter 2, Gilded Lilies and Liberal Guilt.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Williams say penetrated even the highest levels of culture?
(a) Racism.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Feminism.

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

4. What does Williams want to show about legal language?
(a) It is reprehensible.
(b) It is necessary.
(c) It protect the whites in power.
(d) It flattens complex issues.

5. What type of law did Williams teach?
(a) Criminal law.
(b) Commercial law.
(c) Family law.
(d) Injury law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams argue is a function of wealth?

2. What did Williams' work concern according to Part I, Chapter II?

3. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?

4. What did the memo Williams received accuse her of doing?

5. How many principles does Williams say she will study in the book?

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