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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 does Williams say hypothetical cases were?
(a) Helpful.
(b) Instructional mirrors.
(c) Biased.
(d) Useless.

2. Who does Williams say was present in the store that refused her entry?
(a) It was empty.
(b) White women.
(c) Black women.
(d) White men.

3. What does Williams say small businesses did in New York in the mid 80's according to Part I, Chapter3?
(a) They started refusing access to African-Americans.
(b) They started arming their clerks.
(c) They installed buzzers at the door.
(d) They started hiring private security.

4. What does Williams claim she bridged in The Alchemy of Race and Rights?
(a) Bridge between law and judges.
(b) Bridge between racism and race.
(c) Bridge between jurisprudence and virtue.
(d) Bridge between theory and practice.

5. Why does Williams say we should avoid neutrality?
(a) Minorities need to be favorites.
(b) It is not neutral.
(c) It embedded psychic taboos.
(d) African-Americans need to be favorites.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say there was a phantom of in neutrality?

2. Why did the student come to see Williams?

3. What does Williams say the examples she gave in Part II, Chapter 4 illustrate?

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

5. How does Williams feel about being a lawyer in Part I, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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