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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author's Preface (2000), where is visionary feminist discourse increasingly talked about?
(a) Inside factories and in union meeting halls.
(b) In the corridors of the educated elite.
(c) In beauty parlors.
(d) In university sororities.

2. What does it ultimately mean for the author when women behave like white men?
(a) It means that there are more white men, i.e. there is no new definition of humanity.
(b) It's an important sign of the sexual revolution.
(c) It means that they are traitors to their gender.
(d) It means that these women are creating a more successful life.

3. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), what general theme does the author present?
(a) Her ideas about high school education for girls.
(b) A history of the feminist movement.
(c) The central theory of her work.
(d) Her mother's life story.

4. 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 thought working women were not true feminists.
(c) They were overly concerned with saving poor women.
(d) They saw all women as oppressed but had no real awareness of the life of a non-white, non-middle class women.

5. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?
(a) It has created amazing changes in the lives of girls and boys, and women and men.
(b) It has not done enough to reach out to both genders.
(c) The movement has had positive effects, but mostly in the academic world.
(d) The feminist movement has not changed the educational landscape.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?

3. What was the author's initial experience in women's groups?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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