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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. What does Williams argue affirmative action should be protected as?
(a) Reunion.
(b) Guns.
(c) Speech.
(d) Religion.

2. What does Williams say made African Americans visible?
(a) Crime.
(b) Social commitments to protect rights.
(c) Newscasts.
(d) Running for office.

3. What does the man in the story at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10 claim to be?
(a) The black reincarnation of Elvis
(b) A lawyer.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) President of the United States.

4. What does Williams say she received from her students?
(a) Letters of recommendation.
(b) Terrible evaluations.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Complaints.

5. What does Williams argue African-Americans think will happen if they are killed by a white police officer?
(a) Their family would be vilified.
(b) The officer would not suffer any consequences.
(c) They would be seen as a criminal.
(d) Their family would receive a large settlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mike Tyson give Tawana Brawley?

2. What does Williams criticize the increase focused on?

3. What does Williams say Gable's movement overlooked?

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

5. What answer was Williams given by those she asked for help?

(see the answer key)

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