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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what are the author's thoughts on a universally accepted definition of feminism?
(a) She says that it continues to be difficult to find a universally accepted definition.
(b) She does not see the relevance in trying to find a universally accepted definition.
(c) She thinks that the current definition is already adequate and people should focus on more important matters.s
(d) She doesn't understand why it is so difficult for people to agree on a universal definition..

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

3. 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) All are ultimately as destructive of society and the individual as the other.
(c) Because she is a women, she places gender issues first.
(d) As a black woman, she feels that race is a more pressing matter than feminism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of the biggest challenges to sisterhood?

2. What would this change in language suggest?

3. At the end of the Preface to the second edition, where does the author maintain that a feminist path will lead us?

4. In Chapter Four, what does the author give as the broad definition of "sisterhood" from the early feminist movement?

5. What question does the author raise about the desire for equality with men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique about black women's perspectives?

2. Why is educating women a "feminist agenda," as the title to Chapter Eight suggests?

3. What can alternative models of power accomplish, according to the author?

4. What is the traditional view on motherhood that the author relates in Chapter Ten?

5. What is the author's view of feminism as a social movement in the Preface to the First Edition (1984)? What kind of movement does it need to be and why?

6. Does the author offer her own definition of feminism in Chapter Two, and if so, what is it?

7. From the author's perspective, is theory related to experience in her discussion in Chapter One?

8. Overall, what do Chapters Two and Three develop for the reader with regard to feminism?

9. Is the lack of solidarity mainly an issue between black women and white women?

10. What doe the author mean when she says that black women have no "institutionalized other."

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