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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 3, The Death of the Profane.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story about Harvard did Williams use to illustrate the point she made in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) Her arguing with a fellow law professor.
(b) Her speaking with her students.
(c) Her receiving an award.
(d) Harvard's inability to find African American female professors.

2. Who did Williams write an article for about her being prevented from entering the store?
(a) A consumer rights magazine.
(b) A Law Review.
(c) An African-American journal.
(d) A church bulletin.

3. What did Williams' work concern according to Part I, Chapter II?
(a) The line between contract and communion.
(b) Racism in contracts.
(c) Contract law.
(d) Sexism in contracts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Williams argue capitalism turned the public into?

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