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

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

4. What was happening inside the department store Williams entered in Part IV, Chapter 11?

5. What was Williams' godmother's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

3. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

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

5. How did Williams see the master-slave description?

6. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

7. What example illustrated that Williams believed the world had gone crazy?

8. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

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

10. What does Williams think should happen to laws?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the memo and the ramifications that it had on Williams, as well as the students and the school as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the case of the pregnant woman and examine Williams' fantasy of gorilla insemination. Determine how this would complicate the idea of choice and whether it was a relevant hypothetical suggestion in regards to race and rights.

Essay Topic 3

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

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