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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, The Incorruptible Simplicity of Being: A String of Crystalline Parables.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Williams' interest in property law came from?
(a) Her time as a bank advisor.
(b) Her family history.
(c) Her college professor.
(d) Her upbringing.

2. What is the second attitude Williams say was racist?
(a) A prejudiced society is better than a violent society.
(b) Violence is good.
(c) Better safe than sorry.
(d) Leave well enough alone.

3. How old was Tawana Brawley in 1987?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

4. What does Williams think triggered the Judge's mental breakdown?
(a) Stress factors on black professional women.
(b) A particularly horrifying case.
(c) A killing in her courtroom.
(d) An overload of cases.

5. What common conception does Williams target in her book?
(a) Law is objective.
(b) Law is favorable to rich people.
(c) Law is useless.
(d) Laws are written by lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 1, what does Williams say are constructed?

2. What types of rights does Williams argue are the only kind present in the Constitution?

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

4. What does Williams say she was often confronted with?

5. Why did the conference remind Williams of Tawana Brawley?

(see the answer key)

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