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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Williams disturbed by at the start of Part IV, Chapter 11?
(a) Questions about criminal law.
(b) Questions about contract law.
(c) Questions about divorce law.
(d) Questions about civil law.

2. How does Williams describe as abstract law?
(a) The appeals system.
(b) Justice.
(c) The court system.
(d) Affirmative action.

3. Whose story does Williams mention in Part III, Chapter 7?
(a) Martha Stanford.
(b) Martha Eleor.
(c) Sophie Freeman.
(d) Eleanor Bumpurs.

4. What was Williams' godmother's name?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Mary.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) Sophia.

5. What conference does Williams attend in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Sounds of Silence Conference.
(b) The African American rights conference.
(c) The NCCA conference.
(d) The ACLU conference.

6. What type of patients were being housed in the hospital Williams' godmother died in?
(a) Terminal patients.
(b) Pregnant women.
(c) AIDS patients.
(d) Cancer patients.

7. What show does Williams say she watched at the end of Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) The Dr, Phil show.
(b) The Phil Donahue show.
(c) Oprah.
(d) The People's Court.

8. Why does Williams say she did not have the same relationship to law than Gabel who was a white male?
(a) She had a good attorney.
(b) She was a "dangerous" black woman.
(c) She was a lawyer.
(d) She was a woman.

9. What does Williams say made African Americans visible?
(a) Social commitments to protect rights.
(b) Crime.
(c) Running for office.
(d) Newscasts.

10. What did Williams and her colleague agree the market imposed in Part IV, Chapter 12?
(a) A conception of whites bestowing goods.
(b) Low esteem in women.
(c) Low prices.
(d) High credit rates.

11. What did Williams think the attitude of those she asked for help betrayed?
(a) Their lack of commitment to the faculty.
(b) Their lack of respect for her.
(c) Their sexism.
(d) The seriousness of racism.

12. What Judge does Williams say was given a lot of attention?
(a) Antonia Watson.
(b) Sophia Supp.
(c) Maxine Thomas.
(d) Sharron Markel.

13. What joke did Williams mother made about her being a lawyer?
(a) She could sue her.
(b) She had it in her blood.
(c) She should bill her visit by the hour.
(d) She was rich.

14. Why did the conference remind Williams of Tawana Brawley?
(a) The conference was about rape.
(b) The conference was about media relationships.
(c) The conference was about white establishment.
(d) The conference was about underage drinking.

15. Who did the black community fiercely criticize?
(a) The district attorney's officer.
(b) The media.
(c) The Mexican-American community.
(d) White officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What procedure does Williams say the doctor advised the young girl to have?

2. What was Williams doing at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10?

3. What did Gabel's movement emphasize that rights are?

4. What wasn't binding during slavery?

5. What answer was Williams given by those she asked for help?

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