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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 added complexities to her opinions?
(a) Race.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Her student's opinions.
(d) Gender.

2. Where does Williams say a friend of hers was held at gunpoint?
(a) A white restaurant.
(b) The White House.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) A police station.

3. What was removed from the article after the second edit?
(a) Her name.
(b) Her expression of rage
(c) The name of the store and her race.
(d) The date it happened.

4. What does Williams say the "evidentiary rules" of legitimating turf war had whites believe?
(a) Children were always annoying.
(b) Jewish were rich.
(c) African-Americans were actively agressive.
(d) Women could multi-task.

5. How does Williams argue about how Americans understood freedom?
(a) As an excuse for war.
(b) As political freedom.
(c) In an abstract way.
(d) As a concept.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Williams say did not work as a political strategy for blacks?

3. Who questions Williams opinions at the start of Part II, Chapter 6?

4. How does Williams say she reacted to talking with the student?

5. What does Williams say was important for black students to do?

(see the answer key)

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