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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?
(a) She does not support her claims with evidence.
(b) She presents a series of interviews that she conducted.
(c) She cites anecdotal evidence based on personal experience.
(d) She presents statistical research.

2. According to the author, how has the relationship between feminism and the family often been portrayed?
(a) Feminism does not seem to address this issue very clearly.
(b) Feminism is often perceived as pro-family.
(c) Feminism has often been portrayed as anti-family and pro-freedom.
(d) The family is accepted as a necessary evil.

3. In Chapter 1, what key term does the author use to talk about the "racial politic" in the U.S.?
(a) Regression.
(b) White privilege.
(c) Racial ignorance.
(d) White supremacy.

4. Why does the author hold her particular beliefs about prioritizing struggles against different forms of prejudice?
(a) Because she is a women, she places gender issues first.
(b) She holds her views because she needs to maintain her standing in the academic community.
(c) As a black woman, she feels that race is a more pressing matter than feminism.
(d) All are ultimately as destructive of society and the individual as the other.

5. Besides spreading feminism and its goals, what else would be accomplished by the action promoted by the author?
(a) The creation of new woman-owned franchises.
(b) A better sense of current events.
(c) Less boredom and frustration.
(d) The dispelling of stereotypes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has portrayed the relationship between feminism and the family in this way? (See question # 61)

2. What did these early feminists forget to take into account in their beliefs about men?

3. What is the author's contention about the feelings that defined sisterhood?

4. How does the author view the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities?

5. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?

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