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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 say transported white tourists to another world?

2. What did the Tawana Brawley case come to represent according to Williams?

3. What does Williams say her mother wanted her to reclaim?

4. Where did Tawana Brawley live in 1987?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

3. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

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

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

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

7. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

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

9. What did Williams believe about Judge Maxine Thomas?

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

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

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

Define and discuss affirmative action and examine how it expresses values.

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