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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 are the principles Williams will study in the book?
(a) Law and order.
(b) Racism and freedom.
(c) Autonomy, community and order.
(d) Freedom and universality of the law.

2. What does Williams say students started to send her after he spoke out?
(a) Their grades.
(b) Questions they saw as prejudiced.
(c) Their books.
(d) Complaint letters.

3. What answer did Williams give to the one who questioned her account in the book?
(a) She gave the address of the store.
(b) She didn't give any.
(c) She gave the police report she filed.
(d) She always tells the truth.

4. 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 still exists today.
(c) It is reversed today.
(d) It disappeared in 1976.

5. What type of law did Williams teach?
(a) Injury law.
(b) Criminal law.
(c) Commercial law.
(d) Family law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Williams' students often do when she exposed her ideas to them?

2. Whose arguments on affirmative action did Williams reject?

3. Who was Williams' friend held at gunpoint by?

4. How many principles does Williams say she will study in the book?

5. What does Williams criticize the increase focused on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the second attitude of whites according to Williams and why does this happen?

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

4. What was the first attitude of whites according to Williams and why does this happen?

5. How does Williams think African Americans are seen?

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

7. Why was a first year law student upset with the dean in Part II, Chapter 5?

8. What did Williams find from her experience with the law review?

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

10. What did businesses in New York City start to do in the mid-1980's and what rationale did they use in Part I, Chapter 3?

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