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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, the author states that feminist theory and the feminist movement were originally shaped by which type of people?
(a) Expatriates living abroad.
(b) Middle-class white women.
(c) Middle-class women.
(d) Working-class women.

2. In the Preface, which four factors are most central to the author's argument about a person's position in society?
(a) Height, gender, income, and place of birth.
(b) Race, gender, income, and education.
(c) Education, political beliefs, place of birth, and family name.
(d) Race, weight, gender, and marital status.

3. According to the author, how did early feminists see gender?
(a) As less important than race.
(b) As a form of empowerment.
(c) As less important than class.
(d) As the sole determinant of a woman's fate.

4. How does the author feel about defining feminism as enabling total personal freedom?
(a) She finds the definition to vague.
(b) She thinks it is immoral.
(c) She sees it as very limiting for women since it is a male-defined model.
(d) She sees this as the most favorable definition of feminism.

5. When and where did the author enroll in her first women's studies class?
(a) At Stanford in the 1970s.
(b) At Howard in the 1970s.
(c) At UCLA in the late 1960s.
(d) At Brown in the early 1980s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the author's own perception of her book held up?

2. Why does the author hold her particular beliefs about prioritizing struggles against different forms of prejudice?

3. How does the author see feminism and the family?

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

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

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