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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?
(a) Black women were always seen as a threat to the movement.
(b) Sometimes their ideas inspired new understanding and growth in the movement.
(c) Some white feminists rejected their ideas but most did not.
(d) Black feminists' ideas about class were accepted, but not their ideas about race.

3. Why does the author spend time talking about the relationship between feminism and the family?
(a) She wants to dispel anti-family myths and propose a definition of feminism from within that takes the family unit as the foundation of a compassionate society.
(b) She is tired of being accused of ignoring this important issue.
(c) She is determined to promote the traditional family structure.
(d) She believes that it will help attract more men to the movement.

4. For the author, what activity would be most likely to help spread feminism and its goals to a wider cross section of women?
(a) Promoting literacy.
(b) Holding town hall events.
(c) Buying ad space on television.
(d) Printing more pamphlets.

5. What were black women mostly encouraged to talk about in the early days of the feminist movement.
(a) Race, class. and gender.
(b) Feminist theory.
(c) Race.
(d) Class and privilege.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the shared feeling that helped define sisterhood in the early years of the movement, according to the author?

2. How are black and white men the same in the author's view?

3. What does the author say about the statement: "I am a feminist"?

4. For the author, if "we" are to transform our present reality, what must happen?

5. Which one of the following ideas does not appear in the author's discussion of strategies for dealing with accepted beliefs about motherhood?

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