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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 describe as abstract law?
(a) Affirmative action.
(b) The court system.
(c) The appeals system.
(d) Justice.

2. What does Williams think triggered the Judge's mental breakdown?
(a) A killing in her courtroom.
(b) An overload of cases.
(c) A particularly horrifying case.
(d) Stress factors on black professional women.

3. What was Williams doing at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Grading papers.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Sleeping.

4. What joke did Williams mother made about her being a lawyer?
(a) She could sue her.
(b) She had it in her blood.
(c) She was rich.
(d) She should bill her visit by the hour.

5. Who was the "bum" referred by the children?
(a) A dog.
(b) An elderly African-American man.
(c) An elderly African-American woman.
(d) An white "bag lady".

Short Answer Questions

1. What case does Williams use to illustrate her point in Part IV, Chapter 10?

2. When did Williams relate what disturbed her to her sister?

3. What type of patients were being housed in the hospital Williams' godmother died in?

4. What does Williams say made African Americans visible?

5. How many children does Williams say stormed out off the door as she was entering?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Williams believe about Judge Maxine Thomas?

4. What did Williams complain about a fashion show and what did her friend insist in Part IV, Chapter 11?

5. What does Williams think should happen to laws?

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

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

8. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

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

10. What does the Critical Legal Studies movement emphasize?

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