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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 organization did Peter Gabel found?

2. Whose story does Williams mention in Part III, Chapter 7?

3. What book does Williams say the reading group she was at read?

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

5. What does Williams say did not work as a political strategy for blacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

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

3. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

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

5. What did Williams have in her blood and why was it secret in Part IV, Chapter 12?

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

7. What does the Critical Legal Studies movement emphasize?

8. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the three features of American jurisprudence and determine how they influence race and rights.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the story of Eleanor Bumpurs and determine whether it was a simple oversight or if there was an issue of race and rights.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Williams' view on capitalism and how it impacts both the rich and poor.

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