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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. What does the author say about the statement: "I am a feminist"?
(a) She worries that it is not forceful enough.
(b) This statement allows women to feel more empowered and gain more respect.
(c) She says it may imply a rigid us vs. them mentality or belief system.
(d) She does not think that women want to back up the statement with actions.

2. How does the author characterize black women's future role in the feminist movement?
(a) She believes that they will no longer need feminism.
(b) She believes that black women have an important role to play in deepening and broadening the movement.
(c) She describes their future role along the lines of a hostile takeover.
(d) She thinks that they would be better off starting their own movement.

3. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?
(a) Bell hooks.
(b) Rita Mae Brown.
(c) Betty Friedan.
(d) Leah Fritz.

4. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?
(a) The people who first rejected the book came to regard the author's innovations as necessary and valuable.
(b) Male academics find the work too exclusive.
(c) Many people embrace her ideas but do not give her any credit for them.
(d) Women of color still feel that the author does not address their concerns.

5. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?
(a) White upper class American women.
(b) Upper class black professionals.
(c) White French feminists.
(d) Black Americans living in a small town in Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?

2. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?

3. In the author's view, what three things most determine a woman's destiny?

4. How does the author describe Betty Friedan in Chapter 1?

5. According to the author's Preface (2000), where is visionary feminist discourse increasingly talked about?

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