The Alchemy of Race and Rights Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Patricia J. Williams
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The Alchemy of Race and Rights Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Williams' friend held at gunpoint by?
(a) A mugger.
(b) A police officer.
(c) Swat team.
(d) A white woman.

2. What common conception does Williams target in her book?
(a) Law is objective.
(b) Laws are written by lawyers.
(c) Law is favorable to rich people.
(d) Law is useless.

3. What does Williams say she thought of the relation of the reader to a particular text was?
(a) Changing.
(b) Variable.
(c) Unclear.
(d) Fix.

4. How does Williams say she felt when she was attending college?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Alone.
(c) Persecuted.
(d) Observed.

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

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

7. What does Williams say she had to fight over while being on a consumer protection board?
(a) The definition of African American.
(b) The definition of sausage.
(c) The definition of mushroom.
(d) The definition of pancake.

8. What does Williams say small businesses did in New York in the mid 80's according to Part I, Chapter3?
(a) They started arming their clerks.
(b) They started refusing access to African-Americans.
(c) They installed buzzers at the door.
(d) They started hiring private security.

9. Why does Williams say we should avoid neutrality?
(a) Minorities need to be favorites.
(b) African-Americans need to be favorites.
(c) It is not neutral.
(d) It embedded psychic taboos.

10. What does Williams believe law is?
(a) Necessary for society.
(b) Made by white people.
(c) Inter-subjective.
(d) Used to oppress African-Americans.

11. What does Williams say hypothetical cases were?
(a) Instructional mirrors.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Useless.
(d) Biased.

12. Who prevented Williams from entering the store in Part I, Chapter 3?
(a) A black attendant.
(b) A white security guard.
(c) A Hispanic security guard.
(d) A white attendant.

13. What does Williams say about black communities?
(a) They are far from city hall.
(b) They are stable.
(c) They were created by force.
(d) They did not vote enough.

14. What does Williams say she was accused of being against?
(a) Separation of church and state.
(b) Academic freedom.
(c) Racism.
(d) Whites.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Williams argue about how Americans understood freedom?

2. What two ideas of freedom does Williams mention in Part II, Chapter 6?

3. What story about Harvard did Williams use to illustrate the point she made in Part I, Chapter 1?

4. What does Williams want to show about legal language?

5. What does Williams argue capitalism did to everything?

(see the answer keys)

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