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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. 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 major proponent of integration within the feminist movement.
(c) As a creative genius who was misunderstood.
(d) As a marginal woman who rose to prominence.

2. In the Preface, which four factors are most central to the author's argument about a person's position in society?
(a) Education, political beliefs, place of birth, and family name.
(b) Race, gender, income, and education.
(c) Height, gender, income, and place of birth.
(d) Race, weight, gender, and marital status.

3. In the author's view, what three things most determine a woman's destiny?
(a) Gender, race, and class.
(b) Who she marries, her appearance, and her family name.
(c) Her alma mater, her first job, and who she marries.
(d) Her race, her gender, and who she marries.

4. How has the author's own perception of her book held up?
(a) She believes that her ideas are too radical.
(b) The theories in the book do not have a mass appeal.
(c) She comments that the book's theories are still sound, still relevant, and easily understandable by contemporary readers from all walks of life.
(d) She feels that a lot of her theories are now outdated.

5. How does the author feel about defining feminism as enabling total personal freedom?
(a) She thinks it is immoral.
(b) She sees it as very limiting for women since it is a male-defined model.
(c) She sees this as the most favorable definition of feminism.
(d) She finds the definition to vague.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the author, what perspective really changed the direction of feminist thought?

2. According to the author, how did early feminists see gender?

3. From which position (or perspective) does the author claim to write in her analysis of feminism and its social manifestations?

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

5. What does the author say about the statement: "I am a feminist"?

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