View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams say contract law implies?
(a) The idea of an illusory contract.
(b) One person owning another.
(c) Ownership over goods.
(d) Freedom can be limited.

2. What did Williams think the attitude of those she asked for help betrayed?
(a) Their lack of commitment to the faculty.
(b) The seriousness of racism.
(c) Their lack of respect for her.
(d) Their sexism.

3. What did Williams enter at the start of Part III, Chapter 7?
(a) A police station.
(b) A store.
(c) An apartment building.
(d) A storage depot.

4. What was Williams disturbed by at the start of Part IV, Chapter 11?
(a) Questions about contract law.
(b) Questions about civil law.
(c) Questions about divorce law.
(d) Questions about criminal law.

5. What joke did Williams mother made about her being a lawyer?
(a) She should bill her visit by the hour.
(b) She had it in her blood.
(c) She was rich.
(d) She could sue her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was the young African-American girl Williams talks about pregnant in Part IV, Chapter 12?

2. What happened to be white woman Williams read about in the paper?

3. Whose story does Williams mention in Part III, Chapter 7?

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

5. When did Williams relate what disturbed her to her sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Tawana Brawley and what happened to her in 1987?

2. What hypothetical situation regarding insemination did Williams raise and why?

3. What happened when Williams entered an apartment building according to Part III, Chapter 7?

4. What story does Williams share of being detained?

5. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

6. How did Williams see the master-slave description?

7. What did Williams believe about Judge Maxine Thomas?

8. What did many members of the African American community think about Brawley?

9. What did Williams relate to her own sense of personal power?

10. What does Williams think should happen to laws?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 698 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample