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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. Where did Williams' interest in property law came from?
(a) Her time as a bank advisor.
(b) Her college professor.
(c) Her upbringing.
(d) Her family history.

2. What did Williams' students often do when she exposed her ideas to them?
(a) They listen.
(b) They left the room.
(c) They cried.
(d) Became angry.

3. What did the contract Williams found relate to?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her mother's house.
(c) Her ancestor's slaves.
(d) The ownership of her great-great-grandmother.

4. What is Williams ethnicity?
(a) White.
(b) Japanese-American.
(c) Mexican-American.
(d) African-American.

5. What does Williams argue really happened when the slaves were "freed"?
(a) They were used as free labor.
(b) They were kept in slavery.
(c) They went to school.
(d) They were unowned.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose plight did Williams sympathize with?

3. What types of rights does Williams argue are the only kind present in the Constitution?

4. Who does Williams argue suffered under the then-current system?

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

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