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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 some people claimed when she told her story about the store?
(a) They had similar stories.
(b) She didn't ask the man's name.
(c) She didn't ask why she was refused access.
(d) She didn't present another opinion.

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

3. Who called the student that came to see Williams an "activist"?
(a) A white teacher.
(b) The assistant dean.
(c) A fellow student.
(d) The dean.

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

5. What was removed from the article Williams wrote after the first edit?
(a) Her race.
(b) The name of the store.
(c) The date it happened.
(d) Her expression of rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say the questions in the hypothetical cases unknowingly created?

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

3. What does Williams say the image of peaceful white community being interrupted by a black presence did to blacks?

4. What does Williams call the friend that suggested that her personal style of writing was too much for people?

5. What story about Harvard did Williams use to illustrate the point she made in Part I, Chapter 1?

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