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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Desegregation: Blacks were finally able to go wherever they wanted.
(b) The author does not discuss race until the end of the Preface.
(c) Segregation: Black people could enter parts of the white people's world, but they could not stay there.
(d) Upward mobility: Blacks strove to imitate whites and climb the social ladder.

2. What is the author's main contention about work in Chapter Seven?
(a) Professors are underpaid.
(b) The government should create more jobs.
(c) Ideas and attitudes about work must change.
(d) There needs to be better statistical data about employment.

3. What belief about men did early feminists act out, according to the author.
(a) The belief that men were like children.
(b) The belief that men were unimportant.
(c) The belief that all men were the enemy.
(d) The belief that men were role models.

4. 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?
(a) No advances have been made despite the best efforts of the movement.
(b) In spite of the social advances of the last few decades, this system is still entrenched; therefore, feminist work is still relevant.
(c) Our contemporary society has made race irrelevant.
(d) Feminism has completely transformed the system at all levels.

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) Regression.
(c) Racial ignorance.
(d) White privilege.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For the author, what activity would be most likely to help spread feminism and its goals to a wider cross section of women?

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

4. How does the author describe the family in "Western society"?

5. How does the author characterize the aims of the feminist movement in relationship to other movements?

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