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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. For the author, what perspective really changed the direction of feminist thought?
(a) Looking back at women's history.
(b) Accepting men into the movement.
(c) Looking at the interlocking nature of race, class, and gender.
(d) Creating women's studies departments in universities.

2. What potential effect can feminism have on the family, in the author's view?
(a) It can help maintain the traditional structure of the Western family.
(b) It can undermine family stability.
(c) It can draw attention away from the family towards more important things.
(d) It can transform the family in very positive ways.

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

4. In general, the title of Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," relates to which of the following ideas?
(a) Black women are important in shaping the feminist movement and broadening the previously limited perspectives in feminism.
(b) It doesn't relate to any of the aforementioned ideas.
(c) Black women's lives can serve as raw material for white women when they create feminist theory.
(d) Black women can create their own feminist theory; they do not need to participate in the broader movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what are the author's thoughts on a universally accepted definition of feminism?

3. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?

4. How does the author describe feminism in the U.S.?

5. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?

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