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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Ladder to the Light, The Pain of Word Bondage, Chapter 8, The Pain of Word Bondage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the student come to see Williams?
(a) To praise Williams.
(b) To cry.
(c) To ask for clarification.
(d) To complain.

2. What does Williams say the faculty's questions reinforced?
(a) Current laws.
(b) Low standards.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Ignorance of the race.

3. What does Williams say she disagreed about racial preference being?
(a) Useless.
(b) Necessary.
(c) A thing of the past.
(d) A slippery slope.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 1, what does Williams say are constructed?
(a) Social identities and concepts.
(b) Laws.
(c) Bad social concepts.
(d) Inequalities.

5. Who was Williams' friend held at gunpoint by?
(a) A white woman.
(b) Swat team.
(c) A mugger.
(d) A police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the principles Williams will study in the book?

2. What does Williams recommend the faculty do in her correspondence?

3. What does Williams say she was often confronted with?

4. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?

5. How did the Jewish student deface the portrait in Williams' story?

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