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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the student that came to see Williams called an activist?
(a) She complained that Macbeth was racist.
(b) She complained that Othello was racist.
(c) She complained white students were racist.
(d) She complained that the bill of rights was racist.

2. What does Williams call the friend that suggested that her personal style of writing was too much for people?
(a) D.
(b) U.
(c) Q.
(d) H.

3. How many principles does Williams say she will study in the book?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What does Williams maintain racial construction had?
(a) Great responsibility.
(b) Great power.
(c) Little power.
(d) Low credibility.

5. What does Williams argue capitalism turned the public into?
(a) Consumers.
(b) Inactive people.
(c) The private.
(d) Credit card holder.

6. What does Williams say younger adults are socialized to have?
(a) Negative expectation of blacks.
(b) Good views of woman.
(c) No will of their own.
(d) Good grades.

7. What does Williams argue about the relation between property rights and family liberties African Americans endured under slavery?
(a) It is still present in some countries.
(b) It is reversed today.
(c) It disappeared in 1976.
(d) It still exists today.

8. What does Williams send to the faculty after receiving communication from students?
(a) A law suit.
(b) A memo.
(c) A formal complaint.
(d) An open letter.

9. What does Williams say happened to one of the black youth chased by police?
(a) He was run down and died.
(b) He was shot and killed.
(c) He surrendered.
(d) He was arrested.

10. What does Williams say whites associate black with?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Bad neighborhoods.
(d) Criminality.

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

12. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A student.
(c) The dean.
(d) The associate dean.

13. What does Williams say her paper evaluations did to many students?
(a) It made them realize they were racists.
(b) It upset them.
(c) It made them want to leave her class.
(d) It pleased them.

14. What was Williams accused of being after sending her correspondence to the faculty?
(a) An opportunist.
(b) Racist.
(c) Didactic and condescending.
(d) Biased.

15. What does Williams argue had a price under capitalism?
(a) Free speech.
(b) People's lives.
(c) Justice.
(d) Elections.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What answer did Williams give to the one who questioned her account in the book?

3. What does Williams say about black communities?

4. Who called the student that came to see Williams an "activist"?

5. What does Williams say was the first racist attitude?

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