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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Ladder to the Light, A Series of Hinged Turning Points, Chapter 7, Fire and Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams argue replaced direct oppression of African-Americans?
(a) Their freedom.
(b) Their enslavement.
(c) Their arrest.
(d) Their omission.

2. What does Williams say some people asked when she told her story about the store?
(a) When it happened.
(b) If she contacted the store.
(c) Who the attendant was.
(d) If she was just privileging her own view.

3. What was the profession of one of Williams' student's fathers according to Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) Slumlord.
(b) Slave owner.
(c) Trucker.
(d) Lawyer.

4. What does Williams say she had to fight over while being on a consumer protection board?
(a) The definition of African American.
(b) The definition of mushroom.
(c) The definition of pancake.
(d) The definition of sausage.

5. How does Williams say she felt when she was attending college?
(a) Observed.
(b) Alone.
(c) Persecuted.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams argue had a price under capitalism?

2. What does Williams believe that parts of the social contract in the United States involved?

3. What generalization does Williams say should be fought?

4. What does Williams argue capitalism turned the public into?

5. What does Williams argue African-Americans think will happen if they are killed by a white police officer?

(see the answer key)

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