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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. Who called the student that came to see Williams an "activist"?
(a) The assistant dean.
(b) A white teacher.
(c) A fellow student.
(d) The dean.

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) They had similar stories.
(c) She didn't ask the man's name.
(d) She didn't present another opinion.

3. What does Williams say the examples she gave in Part II, Chapter 4 illustrate?
(a) Strong segregationist instinct among whites.
(b) The neutrality of the law.
(c) Unlawful African-Americans.
(d) Racism among police officers.

4. What university did Williams attend according to Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) Yale Law.
(b) Boston College Law.
(c) Harvard Law.
(d) University of Wisconsin Law.

5. What does Williams say some people thought when she told her story about the store?
(a) She made things up.
(b) She did not know why she was refused access.
(c) She unfairly puts the salesman on trial.
(d) She was singled out for being a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose arguments on affirmative action did Williams reject?

2. What does Williams argue affirmative action should be protected as?

3. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?

4. What does Williams say neutral classifications do?

5. What was removed from the article Williams wrote after the first edit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when African American men were walking through a white neighborhood in New York in the 1980's?

2. What argument does Williams use to defend herself against the student?

3. What does William argue that the court removes?

4. Why did one of Williams' students become angry?

5. How did Williams feel when she attended Harvard Law in Part II, Chapter 4?

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

7. What three features does American jurisprudence have according to Williams?

8. Why did Williams send out a memo?

9. How does Williams want the will theory to be expressed?

10. What does racism penetrate according to Williams?

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