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

2. What does Williams say some people claimed when she told her story about the store?
(a) She didn't ask why she was refused access.
(b) She didn't ask the man's name.
(c) She didn't present another opinion.
(d) They had similar stories.

3. What does Williams claim she bridged in The Alchemy of Race and Rights?
(a) Bridge between racism and race.
(b) Bridge between theory and practice.
(c) Bridge between law and judges.
(d) Bridge between jurisprudence and virtue.

4. Who does Williams argue suffered under the then-current system?
(a) African-Americans.
(b) Rich and poor.
(c) The poor.
(d) The rich.

5. What does Williams argue capitalism did to things that properly had no price?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Failed to put a price on them.
(c) It turned them into items exchanged and owned.
(d) Made them worthless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say the faculty's questions reinforced?

2. What policy does Williams say she supported?

3. Where does Williams go after meeting her sister?

4. What did Williams use her story about the store to illustrate?

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

(see the answer key)

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