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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the author's view, which prejudices is it important for women of color to transcend?
(a) Prejudices against illiterate women.
(b) Prejudices against rich women.
(c) Prejudices against academics and/or intellectuals.
(d) Prejudices against their mothers' generation.

2. What belief about men did early feminists act out, according to the author.
(a) The belief that men were role models.
(b) The belief that men were unimportant.
(c) The belief that all men were the enemy.
(d) The belief that men were like children.

3. What general statement does the author make about men that may seem to contradict her other claims?
(a) Sexism is not perpetuated by educated men.
(b) Men are no longer sexist.
(c) Most men are unable to truly support feminism.
(d) All men support and perpetuate sexism and sexist oppression in one form or another.

4. What is the primary "point of contact" between the oppressor and the oppressed?
(a) There is very little actual contact.
(b) Absence of choices.
(c) The work environment.
(d) Marriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?

2. How is violence often represented in western culture?

3. According to the author, how did early feminists see gender?

4. What group of women are left out but really stand to benefit more from feminist thought?

5. Related to the issue of feminist writing, between which two groups does the author notice tension in the greater feminist movement?

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