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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, the author states that feminist theory and the feminist movement were originally shaped by which type of people?
(a) Middle-class white women.
(b) Working-class women.
(c) Expatriates living abroad.
(d) Middle-class women.

2. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?
(a) High poverty, low status of single mothers, lack of state assistance and health care.
(b) High poverty, high divorce rates, lack of state assistance.
(c) Low job benefits, high poverty, high divorce rates.
(d) High divorce rates, low job benefits, no enough day care.

3. In Chapter 1, what key term does the author use to talk about the "racial politic" in the U.S.?
(a) Regression.
(b) White privilege.
(c) White supremacy.
(d) Racial ignorance.

4. At the end of the Preface to the second edition, where does the author maintain that a feminist path will lead us?
(a) To a world where women have equality with men.
(b) To a major battle between the forces of peace and of domination.
(c) To a world of peace, freedom, and justice, without sexism or domination.
(d) To a world where sexism is kept at a minimum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?

2. According to the author, how are joint analyses of race, class, and gender seen today?

3. What were black women mostly encouraged to talk about in the early days of the feminist movement.

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

5. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?

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