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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. Which elements define the ideal family for the author?
(a) Support, respect, unity and community.
(b) Order, unity, respect, and fairness.
(c) Unity, modesty, and communication.
(d) Order, respect, and privacy.

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

3. What is the primary "point of contact" between the oppressor and the oppressed?
(a) The work environment.
(b) There is very little actual contact.
(c) Absence of choices.
(d) Marriage.

4. According to the author, how are joint analyses of race, class, and gender seen today?
(a) They are exclusively embraced in university settings.
(b) They are accepted by mainstream feminism as common practice.
(c) They are mostly practiced by black intellectuals.
(d) They are still rejected by mainstream feminists as too radical.

5. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?
(a) Spoilers.
(b) Naive.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Traitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?

2. Based on your understanding of the two Prefaces, who does the author wish to reach with her work?

3. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?

4. According to the author, how did early feminists see gender?

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

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