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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 did Williams see on a street corner after dancing that she considered was worth mentioning?
(a) A street sign.
(b) An old black woman.
(c) A drunk policeman.
(d) An old black man.

2. What does Williams say Gable's movement overlooked?
(a) Justice.
(b) Black experience.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Jurisprudence.

3. What wasn't binding during slavery?
(a) Marriage between slaves.
(b) Ownership contracts.
(c) Criminal proceedings.
(d) Church laws.

4. What does Williams say of the description of the "master-slave"?
(a) It was missundersttod.
(b) It was accurate.
(c) It was still in effect.
(d) It was incomplete.

5. What happens in the book Williams read to black women when they turned 27?
(a) They died.
(b) They lost their professional skills.
(c) They turned white.
(d) They married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say her mother wanted her to reclaim?

2. What did Mike Tyson do that Williams says was unfair he was not despised for?

3. What was Williams' godmother's name?

4. What did the Tawana Brawley case come to represent according to Williams?

5. How many times was the young African-American girl Williams talks about pregnant in Part IV, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Critical Legal Studies movement emphasize?

2. What did many members of the African American community think about Brawley?

3. Who was Tawana Brawley and what happened to her in 1987?

4. Who was Peter Gabel according to Part III, Chapter 8?

5. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

6. What did Williams think Tawana's case illustrated?

7. What happened when Williams entered an apartment building according to Part III, Chapter 7?

8. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

9. What did some of the other faculty tell Williams when she complained about racism in Part III, Chapter 9?

10. Who was Eleanor Bumpurs and what happened to her in 1984?

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