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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. How does Williams feel about being a lawyer in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) She wanted it.
(b) She regretted it.
(c) She hated it.
(d) She loved it.

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

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

4. What does Williams say the image of peaceful white community being interrupted by a black presence did to blacks?
(a) It dehumanized them.
(b) It made them mad.
(c) It made them sad.
(d) It made them mistrustful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say the faculty's questions reinforced?

2. Whose arguments on affirmative action did Williams reject?

3. What year was the student that came to Williams at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?

4. Whose portrait did the Jewish student in Williams' story deface?

5. What does Williams argue capitalism turned the public into?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does William believe about the Supreme Court?

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

4. Why did Williams send out a memo?

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

6. What would be necessary for African Americans to claim their rightful place in civilization according to Williams?

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

8. Why did Williams support affirmative action?

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

10. How does the issue in the store illustrate privatization of space?

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