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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Williams say the questions in the hypothetical cases unknowingly created?
(a) Sexist lawyers.
(b) Bad lawyers.
(c) Racist students.
(d) Lower grades for women.

3. What does Williams say some people asked when she told her story about the store?
(a) If she was just privileging her own view.
(b) When it happened.
(c) If she contacted the store.
(d) Who the attendant was.

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

5. What did Williams' work concern according to Part I, Chapter II?
(a) Sexism in contracts.
(b) Racism in contracts.
(c) Contract law.
(d) The line between contract and communion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams claim she bridged in The Alchemy of Race and Rights?

2. Where did Williams' interest in property law came from?

3. What does Williams say about how she was treated during her different social functions?

4. What does Williams say was important for black students to do?

5. Why was the student that came to see Williams called an activist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Williams say one must do in order to be noticed?

2. Who questioned Williams' opinions at the start of Part II, Chapter 6?

3. Why did Williams have to fight a sausage manufacturer?

4. How does Williams see her social identity because of her differing social roles?

5. What was the response to the memo sent out by Williams?

6. What does Williams note pervades the United States in Part 1, Chapter 1?

7. What does a friend called "Q" suggest about Williams' writing?

8. What does racism penetrate according to Williams?

9. What three principles does Williams try to show that they interact, conflict, and interlock and what does she want to bridge the gap between?

10. What does Williams believe about the social contract in the United States in Part I, Chapter 2?

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