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

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

2. For the author, what perspective really changed the direction of feminist thought?
(a) Looking back at women's history.
(b) Accepting men into the movement.
(c) Creating women's studies departments in universities.
(d) Looking at the interlocking nature of race, class, and gender.

3. What did she notice about white female students at the time?
(a) They were very excited about creating community and being together.
(b) They were at college in order to find husbands.
(c) They were afraid to look at each other in class.
(d) They were not very smart.

4. What is the primary "point of contact" between the oppressor and the oppressed?
(a) There is very little actual contact.
(b) The work environment.
(c) Absence of choices.
(d) Marriage.

5. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?
(a) Some white feminists rejected their ideas but most did not.
(b) Black women were always seen as a threat to the movement.
(c) Black feminists' ideas about class were accepted, but not their ideas about race.
(d) Sometimes their ideas inspired new understanding and growth in the movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Betty Friedan in Chapter 1?

2. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?

3. How does the author characterize black women's future role in the feminist movement?

4. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?

5. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), what general theme does the author present?

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