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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?
(a) Leah Fritz.
(b) Benjamin Barber.
(c) Rita Mae Brown.
(d) Betty Friedan.

2. What did she notice about white female students at the time?
(a) They were not very smart.
(b) They were very excited about creating community and being together.
(c) They were afraid to look at each other in class.
(d) They were at college in order to find husbands.

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

4. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?
(a) Feminism must become a mass-based political movement.
(b) Feminism must become more intellectual.
(c) People involved in feminism must reject the popular media.
(d) Feminism must exclude men from the movement.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From which position (or perspective) does the author claim to write in her analysis of feminism and its social manifestations?

3. In the Preface, which four factors are most central to the author's argument about a person's position in society?

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

5. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?

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