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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 did Williams argue with after the first conference she went to?
(a) Her students.
(b) A security guard.
(c) A law and literature professor.
(d) Her sister.

2. What does Williams say happened to black women because of professionalism?
(a) They can't be happy.
(b) They don't marry.
(c) They whitened.
(d) They divorce.

3. What does Williams say her mother wanted her to reclaim?
(a) Her inheritance.
(b) The land of her ancestors.
(c) Her pride.
(d) Her heritage.

4. 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.

5. What did Williams think the attitude of those she asked for help betrayed?
(a) Their sexism.
(b) Their lack of respect for her.
(c) Their lack of commitment to the faculty.
(d) The seriousness of racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Williams go after meeting her sister?

2. How much money did Gabel lend a sub-lessor?

3. What did Williams and her colleague agree the market imposed in Part IV, Chapter 12?

4. Where did Tawana Brawley live in 1987?

5. Who was the woman in Williams story shot by?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part IV, Chapter 10, what question did a story of Elvis raise for Williams?

4. What did Williams believe about Judge Maxine Thomas?

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

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

7. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

8. What hypothetical situation regarding insemination did Williams raise and why?

9. What did a friend who was a property law professor describe?

10. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

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