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

2. What is the definition of feminism proposed by the author?
(a) The struggle to end sexist oppression in all its forms, whether economic, political, social, or sexual.
(b) Everyone should develop her own definition of feminism.
(c) Feminism should be understood as total personal freedom for everyone.
(d) Feminism must be defined as community before anything else.

3. 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) Male academics find the work too exclusive.
(c) The people who first rejected the book came to regard the author's innovations as necessary and valuable.
(d) Women of color still feel that the author does not address their concerns.

4. Which definition of feminism does not work, according to the author?
(a) A definition that revolves around equal rights for all people.
(b) One that is grounded in the desire for equality with men.
(c) One that looks for new definitions of equality.
(d) A definition that completely rejects patriarchy.

5. Why does the author spend time talking about the relationship between feminism and the family?
(a) She is tired of being accused of ignoring this important issue.
(b) She believes that it will help attract more men to the movement.
(c) She wants to dispel anti-family myths and propose a definition of feminism from within that takes the family unit as the foundation of a compassionate society.
(d) She is determined to promote the traditional family structure.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What potential effect can feminism have on the family, in the author's view?

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

5. According to the author, how are joint analyses of race, class, and gender seen today?

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