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

2. Which elements define the ideal family for the author?
(a) Order, unity, respect, and fairness.
(b) Unity, modesty, and communication.
(c) Order, respect, and privacy.
(d) Support, respect, unity and community.

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

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

5. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?
(a) People involved in feminism must reject the popular media.
(b) Feminism must exclude men from the movement.
(c) Feminism must become more intellectual.
(d) Feminism must become a mass-based political movement.

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 does the author feel about defining feminism as enabling total personal freedom?

3. Which definition of feminism does not work, according to the author?

4. In the author's view, what three things most determine a woman's destiny?

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

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