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

2. What do feminists need to consider when examining their beliefs about men?
(a) Whether it is safe to alter their beliefs about men.
(b) How lower and working class men and non-white men are also oppressed.
(c) Whether or not men deserve to be included in feminism.
(d) How often men use sexist language.

3. What can the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities enable them to do?
(a) It enables them to reinforce the patriarchal model of power.
(b) It can enable them to resist exploitation, freeing them to transform society for the better.
(c) It will enable them to keep their jobs.
(d) It will not enable them to change anything.

4. 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 seen as disorganized.
(d) They were completely ignored.

5. Which definition of feminism does not work, according to the author?
(a) A definition that completely rejects patriarchy.
(b) One that looks for new definitions of equality.
(c) A definition that revolves around equal rights for all people.
(d) One that is grounded in the desire for equality with men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief about men did early feminists act out, according to the author.

2. How did early feminists, and society at the time, view housework?

3. In the title of Chapter Five, what term is used to describe men's relationship to the feminist movement.

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

5. What aspects of society, for example, would women be able to work towards changing if they were freed from exploitation.

(see the answer key)

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