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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 did Williams enter at the start of Part III, Chapter 7?
(a) An apartment building.
(b) A store.
(c) A police station.
(d) A storage depot.

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

3. What does Williams say did not work as a political strategy for blacks?
(a) Describing needs.
(b) Running for office.
(c) Demanding results.
(d) Appealing to the courts.

4. What does Williams argue capitalism did to everything?
(a) Exported it to China.
(b) Commodified it.
(c) Spoiled it.
(d) Made is cheat.

5. What does Williams argue had a price under capitalism?
(a) Elections.
(b) Free speech.
(c) Justice.
(d) People's lives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did Gabel lend a sub-lessor?

3. What does Williams maintain racial construction had?

4. Why did the student come to see Williams?

5. What does Williams say happened to the Jewish student?

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