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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 view women's desires and attempts to be like white men?
(a) She believes that it is the only way fro women to gain credibility and power in society.
(b) She refrains from commenting because she doesn't want to appear judgmental.
(c) She disagrees strongly with this definition of feminism because it sustains the current patriarchal system.
(d) She thinks that it is acceptable for white women but not for black women.

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

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

4. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?
(a) Black Americans living in a small town in Kentucky.
(b) White French feminists.
(c) Upper class black professionals.
(d) White upper class American women.

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(c) She feels that a lot of her theories are now outdated.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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?

2. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?

3. Who has portrayed the relationship between feminism and the family in this way? (See question # 61)

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

5. What is the definition of feminism proposed by the author?

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