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

2. What were black women mostly encouraged to talk about in the early days of the feminist movement.
(a) Race, class. and gender.
(b) Feminist theory.
(c) Race.
(d) Class and privilege.

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

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

5. What question does the author raise about the desire for equality with men?
(a) When will men decide to share their power?
(b) How come more women don not see the value in imitating male models of power?
(c) Why do women want equality with men?
(d) There are degrees of "equality" within the male gender, so with which men are women supposed to want equality?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?

3. Who has portrayed the relationship between feminism and the family in this way? (See question # 61)

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

5. For the author, what is the relationship between traditional beliefs about the family and society at large?

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