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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 neutral classifications do?
(a) Dehumanize.
(b) Ignore race.
(c) Ignore women.
(d) Create racists.

2. Whose plight did Williams sympathize with?
(a) Corporate excecutives.
(b) Women.
(c) Poor farmers.
(d) Women and African-American.

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

4. How many times was the young African-American girl Williams talks about pregnant in Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 2 times.

5. What does Williams say did not work as a political strategy for blacks?
(a) Running for office.
(b) Demanding results.
(c) Appealing to the courts.
(d) Describing needs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say younger adults are socialized to have?

2. What did Williams and her sister's story make them wonder about?

3. What did the woman Williams talked with complain about?

4. What was happening inside the department store Williams entered in Part IV, Chapter 11?

5. What is Williams ethnicity?

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