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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Williams argue capitalism did to things that properly had no price?
(a) Made them worthless.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Failed to put a price on them.
(d) It turned them into items exchanged and owned.

3. How does Williams argue about how Americans understood freedom?
(a) As a concept.
(b) As an excuse for war.
(c) In an abstract way.
(d) As political freedom.

4. What does Williams argue capitalism did to everything?
(a) Commodified it.
(b) Exported it to China.
(c) Made is cheat.
(d) Spoiled it.

5. What does Williams call the friend that suggested that her personal style of writing was too much for people?
(a) D.
(b) H.
(c) U.
(d) Q.

6. What does Williams say added complexities to her opinions?
(a) Gender.
(b) Race.
(c) Her student's opinions.
(d) Prejudice.

7. What does Williams say penetrated even the highest levels of culture?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Racism.
(d) Corruption.

8. What does Williams say students started to send her after he spoke out?
(a) Questions they saw as prejudiced.
(b) Their books.
(c) Their grades.
(d) Complaint letters.

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

10. What does Williams send to the faculty after receiving communication from students?
(a) An open letter.
(b) A formal complaint.
(c) A law suit.
(d) A memo.

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

12. Where did Williams' interest in property law came from?
(a) Her college professor.
(b) Her family history.
(c) Her time as a bank advisor.
(d) Her upbringing.

13. What does Williams say she was accused of being against?
(a) Racism.
(b) Academic freedom.
(c) Whites.
(d) Separation of church and state.

14. What does Williams say was an important form of oppression?
(a) Black only neighborhoods.
(b) The image of the black criminal.
(c) Taxes.
(d) The police.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say she disagreed about racial preference being?

2. What does Williams say younger adults are socialized to have?

3. What is the second attitude Williams say was racist?

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

5. What does Williams recommend the faculty do in her correspondence?

(see the answer keys)

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