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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 6, The Obliging Shell.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What common conception does Williams target in her book?
(a) Law is useless.
(b) Law is objective.
(c) Laws are written by lawyers.
(d) Law is favorable to rich people.

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

4. What does Williams argue really happened when the slaves were "freed"?
(a) They were kept in slavery.
(b) They were used as free labor.
(c) They went to school.
(d) They were unowned.

5. What does Williams say was an important form of oppression?
(a) The police.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Black only neighborhoods.
(d) The image of the black criminal.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Williams' friend held at gunpoint by?

5. Who does Williams say ignored her while she was attending college?

(see the answer key)

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