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

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

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

4. What does Williams claim she bridged in The Alchemy of Race and Rights?
(a) Bridge between law and judges.
(b) Bridge between jurisprudence and virtue.
(c) Bridge between theory and practice.
(d) Bridge between racism and race.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Williams say about how she was treated during her different social functions?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 1, what does Williams say are constructed?

5. What was the profession of one of Williams' student's fathers according to Part I, Chapter 2?

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