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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?
(a) Feminism must become a mass-based political movement.
(b) Feminism must exclude men from the movement.
(c) Feminism must become more intellectual.
(d) People involved in feminism must reject the popular media.

2. From which position (or perspective) does the author claim to write in her analysis of feminism and its social manifestations?
(a) From a foreign perspective.
(b) From the margins.
(c) From a religious perspective.
(d) From an elite position.

3. How should feminists behave towards consumerism, according to the author?
(a) They should learn aggressive marketing tactics.
(b) Buy only what is necessary and thus resist capitalist culture and its connection to sexual oppression.
(c) They can accept it as a necessary evil.
(d) They should focus on more important things.

4. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?
(a) Many people embrace her ideas but do not give her any credit for them.
(b) The people who first rejected the book came to regard the author's innovations as necessary and valuable.
(c) Male academics find the work too exclusive.
(d) Women of color still feel that the author does not address their concerns.

5. How does the author describe the family in "Western society"?
(a) For centuries it has been dominated by a sexist, patriarchal, authoritarian model.
(b) The Western family is based on nurturing and equality.
(c) It is no longer the primary social unit.
(d) Television has destroyed family relationships.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?

2. How does the author view the concept of personal freedom?

3. What is the author's contention about the feelings that defined sisterhood?

4. What assertion does the author make about lower and middle class women and power?

5. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?

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