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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?
(a) They were mostly met with resentment and derision.
(b) They were openly embraced.
(c) They were completely ignored.
(d) They were seen as disorganized.

2. In the author's view, how did early feminists understand work, i.e what did they identify as successful work?
(a) It was identified with capitalist, patriarchal standards of success (money and power).
(b) It was identified with creative expression.
(c) It was understood as related to traditionally feminine tasks.
(d) They did not yet have a clear view of what made work successful.

3. What is the author's contention about the feelings that defined sisterhood?
(a) She thinks they have a lot to do with insecurity around men.
(b) Actually, she does not see anything wrong with them.
(c) She finds them to be unjustified.
(d) She suggests that they support sexist, patriarchal attitudes towards women.

4. How are black and white men the same in the author's view?
(a) They are both capable of sexual oppression and violence against women, whether sexual or non-sexual.
(b) They both do not want women to be strong and assertive.
(c) They both stand to lose power as a result of feminism.
(d) They are not the same in the author's view.

5. How does the author view the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities?
(a) As an ideal kind of power.
(b) As a disappointment.
(c) As an imitation of patriarchal models of power
(d) As a new form of slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the author's own perception of her book held up?

2. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?

3. What was the shared feeling that helped define sisterhood in the early years of the movement, according to the author?

4. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?

5. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?

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