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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. How much money did Gabel lend a sub-lessor?

2. What case does Williams use to illustrate her point in Part IV, Chapter 10?

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

4. How old was Tawana Brawley in 1987?

5. What did the woman Williams talked with complain about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

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

3. What did Williams believe about Judge Maxine Thomas?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the Critical Legal Studies movement emphasize?

9. What did Williams believe about New Orleans?

10. What did many members of the African American community think about Brawley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Williams' rejection of the Supreme Court and examine how they gutted the Civil Rights Act. Determine whether or not you agree with Williams' conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the two ideas of freedom, both the liberal and the radical and determine what Williams supports.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the case of Tawana Brawley and examine the impact that the case had on the American public. Determine whether this case supports Williams' view regarding manhood verses white justice.

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