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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) Social commitments to protect rights.
(b) Crime.
(c) Running for office.
(d) Newscasts.

2. What are the principles Williams will study in the book?
(a) Racism and freedom.
(b) Law and order.
(c) Autonomy, community and order.
(d) Freedom and universality of the law.

3. What conclusion does Williams say she drew from the incident at the store?
(a) Women were discriminated against.
(b) Buzzers were useless.
(c) Guns should be controlled.
(d) Racism was permissible.

4. What does Williams criticize the increase focused on?
(a) Race.
(b) Illegal immigrants.
(c) Differences on college campuses.
(d) White women.

5. What does Williams say she thought of the relation of the reader to a particular text was?
(a) Unclear.
(b) Fix.
(c) Variable.
(d) Changing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Williams' interest in property law came from?

4. What did Gabel's movement emphasize that rights are?

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

(see the answer key)

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