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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 first chapter, how does the author characterize the perspective of the women involved in the early feminist movement?
(a) They saw all women as oppressed but had no real awareness of the life of a non-white, non-middle class women.
(b) Their perspective is difficult to pin down since they were from many different social backgrounds.
(c) They were overly concerned with saving poor women.
(d) They thought working women were not true feminists.

2. In Chapter 3, "The Significance of Feminist Movement," the author discusses which of the following themes?
(a) The major shortcomings of the feminist movement.
(b) The effects of feminism on foreign policy.
(c) The potential social and political benefits of the feminist movement.
(d) Famous personalities within the feminist movement.

3. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?
(a) Leah Fritz.
(b) Bell hooks.
(c) Betty Friedan.
(d) Rita Mae Brown.

4. What was the author's initial experience in women's groups?
(a) She found solidarity with women from very different backgrounds.
(b) No one would look at her.
(c) White women did not treat women of color as equals.
(d) Everyone was really open-minded.

5. How does the author characterize the aims of the feminist movement in relationship to other movements?
(a) The feminist movements aims and intentions are interwoven with those struggling against classism, racism, heterosexism, and other forms of oppression..
(b) There is a relationship between feminism and the struggle against ageism, but that is all.
(c) Feminists should stay focused on their own goals and not look to other movements.
(d) The aims and goals of the feminist movement are really separate from other movements.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?

2. What is the primary "point of contact" between the oppressor and the oppressed?

3. Why does the author believe that it is important to define feminism from within the movement?

4. The author cites Lillian Hellman's autobiography as an example of what kind of phenomenon?

5. How does the author describe the family in "Western society"?

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