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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, challenges to to sisterhood can exist between white women and women of color; between which other groups does she say that they can exist?
(a) Between different groups of non-white women, women of different classes and/or races/ethnicities, and women of different sexual orientations.
(b) Only between women from different social classes.
(c) Challenges to sisterhood do not really occur between other groups of women.
(d) Between women from different universities.

2. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?
(a) Upward mobility: Blacks strove to imitate whites and climb the social ladder.
(b) The author does not discuss race until the end of the Preface.
(c) Segregation: Black people could enter parts of the white people's world, but they could not stay there.
(d) Desegregation: Blacks were finally able to go wherever they wanted.

3. What question does the author raise about the desire for equality with men?
(a) When will men decide to share their power?
(b) There are degrees of "equality" within the male gender, so with which men are women supposed to want equality?
(c) How come more women don not see the value in imitating male models of power?
(d) Why do women want equality with men?

4. What major difference between white and black men does the author point out?
(a) White men were not as threatened by strong women functioning outside traditional gender roles.
(b) Black men were not as threatened by strong women functioning outside traditional gender roles.
(c) White men encouraged women to go to work whereas black men did not.
(d) Black men did not trust women who worked outside the home.

5. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?
(a) To get more work.
(b) Make new friends.
(c) To expand the basis of feminist thought.
(d) Be more like white feminists.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the author, what is the relationship between traditional beliefs about the family and society at large?

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 1, what key term does the author use to talk about the "racial politic" in the U.S.?

5. How does the author view the concept of personal freedom?

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