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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 does Williams believe that parts of the social contract in the United States involved?
(a) Social acceptance.
(b) Social racism.
(c) Social control.
(d) Social parity.

2. What answer did Williams give to the one who questioned her account in the book?
(a) She always tells the truth.
(b) She gave the police report she filed.
(c) She didn't give any.
(d) She gave the address of the store.

3. What does Williams argue capitalism turned the public into?
(a) Credit card holder.
(b) Consumers.
(c) The private.
(d) Inactive people.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams argue is a function of wealth?

2. What was removed from the article Williams wrote after the first edit?

3. What is Williams ethnicity?

4. Who did Williams write an article for about her being prevented from entering the store?

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

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