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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?
(a) Inside and outside.
(b) Intellectual and illiterate.
(c) Margin and center.
(d) Liberal and conservative.

5. How has the author's own perception of her book held up?
(a) She feels that a lot of her theories are now outdated.
(b) She believes that her ideas are too radical.
(c) The theories in the book do not have a mass appeal.
(d) She comments that the book's theories are still sound, still relevant, and easily understandable by contemporary readers from all walks of life.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does it ultimately mean for the author when women behave like white men?

5. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?

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