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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, Chapter 12, On Being the Object of Property.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams say was important for black students to do?
(a) Seek political offices.
(b) Vote and attend college.
(c) Not commit crimes.
(d) Demand to be treated equally.

2. What does Williams say happened to black women because of professionalism?
(a) They can't be happy.
(b) They don't marry.
(c) They whitened.
(d) They divorce.

3. What did Gabel's movement emphasize that rights are?
(a) Guaranteed by the Law.
(b) Ignored by police officers.
(c) Made for white people.
(d) Unstable and indeterminate.

4. Whose portrait did the Jewish student in Williams' story deface?
(a) George Washington's.
(b) Jesus'.
(c) The President's.
(d) Beethoven's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say the image of peaceful white community being interrupted by a black presence did to blacks?

2. Who was the woman in Williams story shot by?

3. What story did Williams' sister tell her when they met?

4. What does Williams call the friend that suggested that her personal style of writing was too much for people?

5. What was the profession of one of Williams' student's fathers according to Part I, Chapter 2?

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