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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 did Williams and her sister's story make them wonder about?

2. What organization did Peter Gabel found?

3. What joke did Williams mother made about her being a lawyer?

4. What does Williams say contract law implies?

5. What was Williams disturbed by at the start of Part IV, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Critical Legal Studies movement emphasize?

3. What did Williams realize about the bargaining situation?

4. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

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

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

7. What did Williams relate to her own sense of personal power?

8. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

9. What did Williams believe about Judge Maxine Thomas?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine Williams' experience with the law review and determine whether the law review had the right to edit the piece. Discuss the ramifications of the law review's decision.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Williams' view regarding spirit murder and conclude whether her beliefs about the offense are true, as well as the ramifications.

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