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The Alchemy of Race and Rights Quiz

Patricia J. Williams

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Part I, Excluding Voices, A Necklace of Thoughts on the Ideology of Style, Chapter 1, The Brass Ring and the Deep Blue Sea

Part I, Excluding Voices, a Necklace of Thoughts on the Ideology of Style, Chapter 2, Gilded Lilies and Liberal Guilt

Part I, Excluding Voices, A Necklace of Thoughts on the Ideology of Style, Chapter 3, The Death of the Profane

Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 4, Teleology on the Rocks

Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 5, Crimes Without Passion

Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 6, The Obliging Shell

Part III, Ladder to the Light, A Series of Hinged Turning Points, Chapter 7, Fire and Ice

Part III, Ladder to the Light, The Pain of Word Bondage, Chapter 8, The Pain of Word Bondage

Part III, Ladder to the Light, A Series of Hinged Turning Points, Chapter 9, Mirrors and Windows

Part IV, The Incorruptible Simplicity of Being: A String of Crystalline Parables

Part IV, The Incorruptible Simplicity of Being, A String of Crystalline Parables, Chapter 11, Arm's-Length Intimacies

Part IV, The Incorruptible Simplicity of Being, A String of Crystalline Parables, Chapter 12, On Being the Object of Property

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What year was the student that came to Williams at the start of Part II, Chapter 5? (from Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 5, Crimes Without Passion)

Second year.

Third year.

Fourth year.

First year.

2.

Whose arguments on affirmative action did Williams reject? (from Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 6, The Obliging Shell)

California Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court.

The 7th Court of Appeals.

The 9th Court of Appeals.

3.

What does Williams say the liberal understand freedom as? (from Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 6, The Obliging Shell)

Freedom of speech.

The right to bear arms.

Freedom of association.

Freedom of religion.

4.

Why did the conference remind Williams of Tawana Brawley? (from Part III, Ladder to the Light, A Series of Hinged Turning Points, Chapter 9, Mirrors and Windows)

The conference was about white establishment.

The conference was about rape.

The conference was about underage drinking.

The conference was about media relationships.

5.

What does Williams say the image of peaceful white community being interrupted by a black presence did to blacks? (from Part II, Trial by Text, A Sequence of Sublimation, Chapter 4, Teleology on the Rocks)

It made them sad.

It made them mad.

It made them mistrustful.

It dehumanized them.

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