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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When and where did the author enroll in her first women's studies class?
(a) At Howard in the 1970s.
(b) At UCLA in the late 1960s.
(c) At Brown in the early 1980s.
(d) At Stanford in the 1970s.

2. What has been the result of this mode of circulation?
(a) It has limited access to feminist ideas to those who own televisions.
(b) It has limited participation in the movement to those who can read.
(c) It has kept feminist thought more localized, since word of mouth does not travel over large distances.
(d) It has made feminist thought accessible to a wider range of women.

3. How does the author view the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities?
(a) As an imitation of patriarchal models of power
(b) As a disappointment.
(c) As an ideal kind of power.
(d) As a new form of slavery.

4. How did many lower/middle class and/or non-white women respond to this view of work?
(a) Work was not part of their list of concerns at the time.
(b) They agreed with it.
(c) It alienated them from feminism.
(d) They wanted more discussion of career possibilities.

5. The author states that most women would like to be like ________________.
(a) their mentors.
(b) white men.
(c) their mothers.
(d) their best friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, in what form has feminist thought primarily been circulated?

2. In general, the title of Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," relates to which of the following ideas?

3. How does the author propose to prioritize the struggles against various forms of prejudice?

4. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?

5. What must happen in order for women to create true sisterhood?

(see the answer key)

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