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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?
(a) Naive.
(b) Traitors.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Spoilers.

2. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?
(a) Men are not effected by sexual oppression but they should support ending it.
(b) Sexual oppression damages everyone and ending it will benefit everyone.
(c) Sexual oppression is here to stay.
(d) Sexual oppression is derived from poor self-esteem.

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

4. What did these early feminists forget to take into account in their beliefs about men?
(a) Whether men were married or single.
(b) Differences in age and profession.
(c) Differences in religion and age.
(d) Differences in race and class.

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

6. According to the author, what does society often teach women about what it means to be a woman?
(a) That women should be silent.
(b) That to be a woman is easier than being a man.
(c) That to be female is to be important.
(d) That to be female is to be a victim.

7. In Chapter 1, the author states that feminist theory and the feminist movement were originally shaped by which type of people?
(a) Expatriates living abroad.
(b) Middle-class women.
(c) Middle-class white women.
(d) Working-class women.

8. The author cites Lillian Hellman's autobiography as an example of what kind of phenomenon?
(a) White women being afraid to tell their domestic servants what to do.
(b) An rare example of working class writing.
(c) White women projecting mythical power and strength on black women while presenting themselves as powerless.
(d) An early white feminist who listened to women of color.

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

10. As stated in the 1984 Preface, what is the primary weakness of feminist theory that the author promises to address in her book?
(a) Feminist theory does not reach out to younger women.
(b) It has been developed and presented from the perspective of women with more societal power and privilege.
(c) Feminist theory does not propose concrete solutions for women's empowerment.
(d) Feminist theory is too focused on economics.

11. 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) Only between women from different social classes.
(b) Challenges to sisterhood do not really occur between other groups of women.
(c) Between women from different universities.
(d) Between different groups of non-white women, women of different classes and/or races/ethnicities, and women of different sexual orientations.

12. According to the author, how did early feminists see gender?
(a) As the sole determinant of a woman's fate.
(b) As a form of empowerment.
(c) As less important than class.
(d) As less important than race.

13. Why does the author spend time talking about the relationship between feminism and the family?
(a) She believes that it will help attract more men to the movement.
(b) She is tired of being accused of ignoring this important issue.
(c) 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.
(d) She is determined to promote the traditional family structure.

14. In the author's view, what three things most determine a woman's destiny?
(a) Her race, her gender, and who she marries.
(b) Her alma mater, her first job, and who she marries.
(c) Gender, race, and class.
(d) Who she marries, her appearance, and her family name.

15. How does the author see feminism and the family?
(a) She feels ambivalent about the relationship between the two.
(b) She believes that the traditional family structure is fine the way it is and feminists should not try to change it.
(c) She thinks feminists that reject the family completely are justified in doing so.
(d) Her definition of feminism is one that is pro-family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do feminists need to consider when examining their beliefs about men?

3. Who must be retrained in order for the feminist movement to be successful?

4. Which elements define the ideal family for the author?

5. What major difference between white and black men does the author point out?

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