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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first chapter, how does the author characterize the perspective of the women involved in the early feminist movement?
(a) Their perspective is difficult to pin down since they were from many different social backgrounds.
(b) They saw all women as oppressed but had no real awareness of the life of a non-white, non-middle class women.
(c) They were overly concerned with saving poor women.
(d) They thought working women were not true feminists.

2. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Traitors.
(c) Spoilers.
(d) Naive.

3. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?
(a) They were openly embraced.
(b) They were seen as disorganized.
(c) They were mostly met with resentment and derision.
(d) They were completely ignored.

4. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?
(a) Some white feminists rejected their ideas but most did not.
(b) Sometimes their ideas inspired new understanding and growth in the movement.
(c) Black feminists' ideas about class were accepted, but not their ideas about race.
(d) Black women were always seen as a threat to the movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?

5. The author expresses how feminism reacts to "a political system of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy;" how does she view the state of our society today?

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