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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?
(a) The feminist movement has not changed the educational landscape.
(b) The movement has had positive effects, but mostly in the academic world.
(c) It has created amazing changes in the lives of girls and boys, and women and men.
(d) It has not done enough to reach out to both genders.

2. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?
(a) People involved in feminism must reject the popular media.
(b) Feminism must become a mass-based political movement.
(c) Feminism must become more intellectual.
(d) Feminism must exclude men from the movement.

3. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?
(a) Some white feminists rejected their ideas but most did not.
(b) Black feminists' ideas about class were accepted, but not their ideas about race.
(c) Black women were always seen as a threat to the movement.
(d) Sometimes their ideas inspired new understanding and growth in the movement.

4. How does the author view women's desires and attempts to be like white men?
(a) She refrains from commenting because she doesn't want to appear judgmental.
(b) She thinks that it is acceptable for white women but not for black women.
(c) She believes that it is the only way fro women to gain credibility and power in society.
(d) She disagrees strongly with this definition of feminism because it sustains the current patriarchal system.

5. What were black women mostly encouraged to talk about in the early days of the feminist movement.
(a) Race, class. and gender.
(b) Class and privilege.
(c) Race.
(d) Feminist theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?

2. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author describe the original reception of her book?

3. How does the author propose to prioritize the struggles against various forms of prejudice?

4. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?

5. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?

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