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

2. 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 were overly concerned with saving poor women.
(c) They saw all women as oppressed but had no real awareness of the life of a non-white, non-middle class women.
(d) Their perspective is difficult to pin down since they were from many different social backgrounds.

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

4. 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 French feminists.
(b) White upper class American women.
(c) Black Americans living in a small town in Kentucky.
(d) Upper class black professionals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), what general theme does the author present?

2. As stated in the 1984 Preface, what is the primary weakness of feminist theory that the author promises to address in her book?

3. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?

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

5. When and where did the author enroll in her first women's studies class?

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