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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. What does Williams say made African Americans visible?
(a) Running for office.
(b) Social commitments to protect rights.
(c) Newscasts.
(d) Crime.

2. What generalization does Williams say should be fought?
(a) Black as good and white as bad.
(b) Black as bad and white as good.
(c) White as racist.
(d) Black as perfect.

3. What does Williams argue capitalism did to things that properly had no price?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Failed to put a price on them.
(c) It turned them into items exchanged and owned.
(d) Made them worthless.

4. What is Williams ethnicity?
(a) African-American.
(b) White.
(c) Japanese-American.
(d) Mexican-American.

5. What year was the student that came to Williams at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Fourth year.
(b) First year.
(c) Second year.
(d) Third year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was removed from the article after the second edit?

2. What does Williams say the faculty's questions reinforced?

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

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

5. What is the second attitude Williams say was racist?

(see the answer key)

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