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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 5, Crimes Without Passion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams say the questions in the hypothetical cases unknowingly created?
(a) Bad lawyers.
(b) Racist students.
(c) Lower grades for women.
(d) Sexist lawyers.

2. What was the profession of one of Williams' student's fathers according to Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) Slumlord.
(b) Slave owner.
(c) Trucker.
(d) Lawyer.

3. What does Williams say there was a phantom of in neutrality?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Racism.
(d) Lawlessness.

4. Who does Williams argue suffered under the then-current system?
(a) African-Americans.
(b) The poor.
(c) Rich and poor.
(d) The rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who prevented Williams from entering the store in Part I, Chapter 3?

3. What does Williams say some people thought when she told her story about the store?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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