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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was removed from the article Williams wrote after the first edit?

2. What does Williams say some people claimed when she told her story about the store?

3. Why does Williams say we should avoid neutrality?

4. Who called the student that came to see Williams an "activist"?

5. What does Williams say was important for black students to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did one of Williams' students become angry?

8. Why did Williams send out a memo?

9. What happened when African American men were walking through a white neighborhood in New York in the 1980's?

10. How does Williams see her social identity because of her differing social roles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the Critical Legal Studies movement, as well as its impact on the law in regards to race and rights.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the segregationist instinct and why Williams thinks two attitudes are involved in this instinct.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the three principles of autonomy, community, and order to determine whether or not Williams is effective in showing how they interact, conflict, and interlock.

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