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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 feel about being a lawyer in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) She regretted it.
(b) She loved it.
(c) She hated it.
(d) She wanted it.

2. What does Williams argue is a function of wealth?
(a) Racism.
(b) The number of slaves owned.
(c) Political power.
(d) The right to privacy.

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

4. What did the memo Williams received accuse her of doing?
(a) Being racist.
(b) Silence the moderates in her class.
(c) Favoring African-American students.
(d) Being unfair to Jewish students.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Williams' students often do when she exposed her ideas to them?

4. What does Williams argue had a price under capitalism?

5. What does Williams argue capitalism did to everything?

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