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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on your understanding of the two Prefaces, who does the author wish to reach with her work?
(a) Women of color.
(b) Mainly people who are brand new to feminism.
(c) As wide and diverse of an audience as possible.
(d) Men.

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

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(b) She feels that a lot of her theories are now outdated.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

4. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?
(a) She cites anecdotal evidence based on personal experience.
(b) She presents statistical research.
(c) She does not support her claims with evidence.
(d) She presents a series of interviews that she conducted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Preface to the second edition, where does the author maintain that a feminist path will lead us?

2. How does the author view women's desires and attempts to be like white men?

3. In the first chapter, how does the author characterize the perspective of the women involved in the early feminist movement?

4. For the author, what perspective really changed the direction of feminist thought?

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

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