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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. How does the author present education in the title of Chapter Eight
(a) As a dilemma.
(b) As a teen agenda.
(c) As a feminist agenda.
(d) As as a class agenda.

2. How does the author describe feminism in the U.S.?
(a) As a collective Marxist movement.
(b) As a radical revolution.
(c) As a separatist movement.
(d) As a bourgeois ideology based on liberal individualism.

3. According to the author, in what form has feminist thought primarily been circulated?
(a) Via the written word (e.g. books, pamphlets, etc.).
(b) By word of mouth.
(c) Through television commercials.
(d) Via the radio.

4. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?
(a) Rita Mae Brown.
(b) Benjamin Barber.
(c) Leah Fritz.
(d) Betty Friedan.

5. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?
(a) Be more like white feminists.
(b) Make new friends.
(c) To expand the basis of feminist thought.
(d) To get more work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is violence often represented in western culture?

2. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?

3. According to the author, who originally defined "sisterhood" in the feminist movement?

4. How does the author characterize black women's future role in the feminist movement?

5. In the author's opinion, how did early feminists view violence against women?

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