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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) Her student's opinions.
(b) Race.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Gender.

2. What does Williams say she noticed a year after her entering the same building?
(a) The same "bum."
(b) A new security pad at the entrance.
(c) The same children.
(d) A security guard.

3. Why was the student that came to see Williams called an activist?
(a) She complained white students were racist.
(b) She complained that Othello was racist.
(c) She complained that the bill of rights was racist.
(d) She complained that Macbeth was racist.

4. What does Williams say hypothetical cases were?
(a) Useless.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Instructional mirrors.
(d) Biased.

5. Who does Williams say ignored her while she was attending college?
(a) Other women.
(b) Competitive white men.
(c) Her classmates.
(d) White teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who called the student that came to see Williams an "activist"?

2. Whose plight did Williams sympathize with?

3. What does Williams say her paper evaluations did to many students?

4. What does Williams argue really happened when the slaves were "freed"?

5. What organization did Peter Gabel found?

(see the answer key)

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