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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) They thought working women were not true feminists.
(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) Their perspective is difficult to pin down since they were from many different social backgrounds.

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 thinks that they would be better off starting their own movement.
(c) She believes that black women have an important role to play in deepening and broadening the movement.
(d) She describes their future role along the lines of a hostile takeover.

3. In the Preface to the second edition, what is the first factor considered by black parents when a child is born, according to the author?
(a) Race, then size.
(b) Race, then gender.
(c) Gender, then size.
(d) Gender, then race.

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

5. For the author, which two main terms had been left out of feminist discussions when she first published her book?
(a) Gender and race.
(b) Class and marital status.
(c) Genetics and the role of the family.
(d) Race and class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?

2. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?

3. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?

4. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?

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

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