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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?
(a) Low job benefits, high poverty, high divorce rates.
(b) High divorce rates, low job benefits, no enough day care.
(c) High poverty, low status of single mothers, lack of state assistance and health care.
(d) High poverty, high divorce rates, lack of state assistance.

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

3. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Traitors.
(c) Spoilers.
(d) Naive.

4. 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.

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

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. For the author, which two main terms had been left out of feminist discussions when she first published her book?

3. In Chapter 1, what key term does the author use to talk about the "racial politic" in the U.S.?

4. In Chapter 1, the author states that feminist theory and the feminist movement were originally shaped by which type of people?

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

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