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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. Whose plight did Williams sympathize with?
(a) Corporate excecutives.
(b) Women.
(c) Women and African-American.
(d) Poor farmers.

2. What was the profession of one of Williams' student's fathers according to Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) Trucker.
(b) Slumlord.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Slave owner.

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

4. What does Williams note pervaded the country?
(a) Crime, drugs and police brutality.
(b) Crime only.
(c) Racism and anti-Vietnam.
(d) Affirmative action.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the contract Williams found relate to?

2. What does Williams believe that parts of the social contract in the United States involved?

3. What is the goal of The Alchemy of Race and Rights?

4. What does Williams argue capitalism did to everything?

5. What common conception does Williams target in her book?

(see the answer key)

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