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

2. What common conception does Williams target in her book?
(a) Laws are written by lawyers.
(b) Law is useless.
(c) Law is favorable to rich people.
(d) Law is objective.

3. What does Williams argue is a function of wealth?
(a) The right to privacy.
(b) Racism.
(c) The number of slaves owned.
(d) Political power.

4. What does Williams want to show about legal language?
(a) It flattens complex issues.
(b) It is reprehensible.
(c) It protect the whites in power.
(d) It is necessary.

5. What does Williams say she was often confronted with?
(a) Heart wrenching stories.
(b) Racism.
(c) Liberal students.
(d) White lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Williams' work concern according to Part I, Chapter II?

2. What does Williams say traditional jurisprudence looked for?

3. What does Williams argue replaced direct oppression of African-Americans?

4. Who does Williams say was present in the store that refused her entry?

5. What did the contract Williams found relate to?

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