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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Excluding Voices, A Necklace of Thoughts on the Ideology of Style, Chapter 3, The Death of the Profane.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams say some people thought when she told her story about the store?
(a) She was singled out for being a woman.
(b) She did not know why she was refused access.
(c) She made things up.
(d) She unfairly puts the salesman on trial.

2. What answer did Williams give to the one who questioned her account in the book?
(a) She gave the address of the store.
(b) She always tells the truth.
(c) She gave the police report she filed.
(d) She didn't give any.

3. What does Williams argue really happened when the slaves were "freed"?
(a) They were used as free labor.
(b) They were unowned.
(c) They went to school.
(d) They were kept in slavery.

4. How many principles does Williams say she will study in the book?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. What does Williams say small businesses did in New York in the mid 80's according to Part I, Chapter3?
(a) They started arming their clerks.
(b) They started hiring private security.
(c) They installed buzzers at the door.
(d) They started refusing access to African-Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the memo Williams received after talking with one of her students?

2. Whose plight did Williams sympathize with?

3. What is the goal of The Alchemy of Race and Rights?

4. What does Williams argue capitalism did to things that properly had no price?

5. What does Williams say about how she was treated during her different social functions?

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