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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author characterize black women's future role in the feminist movement?
(a) She thinks that they would be better off starting their own movement.
(b) She describes their future role along the lines of a hostile takeover.
(c) She believes that black women have an important role to play in deepening and broadening the movement.
(d) She believes that they will no longer need feminism.

2. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?
(a) The feminist movement has not changed the educational landscape.
(b) It has not done enough to reach out to both genders.
(c) The movement has had positive effects, but mostly in the academic world.
(d) It has created amazing changes in the lives of girls and boys, and women and men.

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) An rare example of working class writing.
(c) White women being afraid to tell their domestic servants what to do.
(d) White women projecting mythical power and strength on black women while presenting themselves as powerless.

4. In the Preface, which four factors are most central to the author's argument about a person's position in society?
(a) Race, weight, gender, and marital status.
(b) Race, gender, income, and education.
(c) Education, political beliefs, place of birth, and family name.
(d) Height, gender, income, and place of birth.

5. In general, the title of Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," relates to which of the following ideas?
(a) It doesn't relate to any of the aforementioned ideas.
(b) Black women are important in shaping the feminist movement and broadening the previously limited perspectives in feminism.
(c) Black women can create their own feminist theory; they do not need to participate in the broader movement.
(d) Black women's lives can serve as raw material for white women when they create feminist theory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does it ultimately mean for the author when women behave like white men?

3. Based on your understanding of the two Prefaces, who does the author wish to reach with her work?

4. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?

5. 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?

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