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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Betty Friedan in Chapter 1?
(a) As the author of a seminal feminist work whose theories have a white, middle-class bias.
(b) As a creative genius who was misunderstood.
(c) As a marginal woman who rose to prominence.
(d) As a major proponent of integration within the feminist movement.

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

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

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) Our contemporary society has made race irrelevant.
(c) In spite of the social advances of the last few decades, this system is still entrenched; therefore, feminist work is still relevant.
(d) Feminism has completely transformed the system at all levels.

5. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) Women and schizophrenia.
(b) Hating one's family.
(c) The psychological malaise of all women in American society due to gender roles.
(d) Women's fears of aging.

Short Answer Questions

1. When and where did the author enroll in her first women's studies class?

2. As stated in the 1984 Preface, what is the primary weakness of feminist theory that the author promises to address in her book?

3. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?

4. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?

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

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