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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story did Williams' sister tell her when they met?

2. How much money did Gabel lend a sub-lessor?

3. What type of guerrilla acts did Williams fantasize about in Part IV, Chapter 10?

4. Where was Williams briefly detained?

5. What does Williams wonder whether a white man would ever do at the start of Part IV, Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the terrible dream that Williams describes?

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

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

4. In Part IV, Chapter 10, what question did a story of Elvis raise for Williams?

5. What did Williams see about slavery and family?

6. What did a friend who was a property law professor describe?

7. What does the Critical Legal Studies movement emphasize?

8. What did some of the other faculty tell Williams when she complained about racism in Part III, Chapter 9?

9. What analogy does Williams use to describe sterilization?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the three principles of autonomy, community, and order to determine whether or not Williams is effective in showing how they interact, conflict, and interlock.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Williams' view on capitalism and how it impacts both the rich and poor.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the memo and the ramifications that it had on Williams, as well as the students and the school as a whole.

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