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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?
(a) The author does not discuss race until the end of the Preface.
(b) Upward mobility: Blacks strove to imitate whites and climb the social ladder.
(c) Desegregation: Blacks were finally able to go wherever they wanted.
(d) Segregation: Black people could enter parts of the white people's world, but they could not stay there.

5. 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 saw all women as oppressed but had no real awareness of the life of a non-white, non-middle class women.
(c) Their perspective is difficult to pin down since they were from many different social backgrounds.
(d) They thought working women were not true feminists.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?

2. According to the author's Preface (2000), where is visionary feminist discourse increasingly talked about?

3. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?

4. According to the author, how did early feminists see gender?

5. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?

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