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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. What does Williams say she was often confronted with?
(a) White lawyers.
(b) Liberal students.
(c) Heart wrenching stories.
(d) Racism.

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

3. What types of rights does Williams argue are the only kind present in the Constitution?
(a) Negative rights.
(b) Liberty rights.
(c) Positive rights.
(d) Freedom rights.

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

5. What does Williams believe law is?
(a) Made by white people.
(b) Inter-subjective.
(c) Used to oppress African-Americans.
(d) Necessary for society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the principles Williams will study in the book?

3. How does Williams argue about how Americans understood freedom?

4. Where did Williams' interest in property law came from?

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

(see the answer key)

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