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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first chapter, how does the author characterize the perspective of the women involved in the early feminist movement?
(a) They were overly concerned with saving poor women.
(b) They thought working women were not true feminists.
(c) Their perspective is difficult to pin down since they were from many different social backgrounds.
(d) They saw all women as oppressed but had no real awareness of the life of a non-white, non-middle class women.

2. According to the author, how are joint analyses of race, class, and gender seen today?
(a) They are accepted by mainstream feminism as common practice.
(b) They are exclusively embraced in university settings.
(c) They are mostly practiced by black intellectuals.
(d) They are still rejected by mainstream feminists as too radical.

3. From which position (or perspective) does the author claim to write in her analysis of feminism and its social manifestations?
(a) From a religious perspective.
(b) From an elite position.
(c) From the margins.
(d) From a foreign perspective.

4. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?
(a) They were mostly met with resentment and derision.
(b) They were openly embraced.
(c) They were seen as disorganized.
(d) They were completely ignored.

5. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) Hating one's family.
(b) Women and schizophrenia.
(c) The psychological malaise of all women in American society due to gender roles.
(d) Women's fears of aging.

6. In Chapter Four, what does the author give as the broad definition of "sisterhood" from the early feminist movement?
(a) Unity between women.
(b) Unity between working women.
(c) Women who share the same parents.
(d) Common religion among women.

7. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?
(a) It appropriates feminist language for its own uses.
(b) It completely ignores feminism and feminists.
(c) It trashes feminism or tells the public it is a dead movement.
(d) It creates low self-esteem in feminists.

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

9. How does the author describe Betty Friedan in Chapter 1?
(a) As a creative genius who was misunderstood.
(b) As the author of a seminal feminist work whose theories have a white, middle-class bias.
(c) As a marginal woman who rose to prominence.
(d) As a major proponent of integration within the feminist movement.

10. What was the author's initial experience in women's groups?
(a) She found solidarity with women from very different backgrounds.
(b) Everyone was really open-minded.
(c) No one would look at her.
(d) White women did not treat women of color as equals.

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

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

13. Which definition of feminism does not work, according to the author?
(a) A definition that revolves around equal rights for all people.
(b) One that looks for new definitions of equality.
(c) One that is grounded in the desire for equality with men.
(d) A definition that completely rejects patriarchy.

14. What was the shared feeling that helped define sisterhood in the early years of the movement, according to the author?
(a) A love of adventure.
(b) Artistic inspiration.
(c) A sense of victimization.
(d) Desire for greater affluence.

15. The author expresses how feminism reacts to "a political system of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy;" how does she view the state of our society today?
(a) Feminism has completely transformed the system at all levels.
(b) Our contemporary society has made race irrelevant.
(c) In spite of the social advances of the last few decades, this system is still entrenched; therefore, feminist work is still relevant.
(d) No advances have been made despite the best efforts of the movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were black women mostly encouraged to talk about in the early days of the feminist movement.

2. What assertion does the author make (once again) about who benefits from the current feminist movement?

3. For the author, what is a better way to arrive at a definition of sisterhood?

4. According to the author, what does society often teach women about what it means to be a woman?

5. For the author, which two main terms had been left out of feminist discussions when she first published her book?

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