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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?
(a) High divorce rates, low job benefits, no enough day care.
(b) Low job benefits, high poverty, high divorce rates.
(c) High poverty, low status of single mothers, lack of state assistance and health care.
(d) High poverty, high divorce rates, lack of state assistance.

2. What are some of the biggest challenges to sisterhood?
(a) There used to be challenges but they have lessened.
(b) Global warming, politics, and religion.
(c) Unfair business practices.
(d) Racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism.

3. According to the author, who originally defined "sisterhood" in the feminist movement?
(a) Working class women.
(b) The middle class white women at the forefront of the movement.
(c) University professors.
(d) Young female college students in sociology classes.

4. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?
(a) It appropriates feminist language for its own uses.
(b) It trashes feminism or tells the public it is a dead movement.
(c) It completely ignores feminism and feminists.
(d) It creates low self-esteem in feminists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe feminism in the U.S.?

2. What general statement does the author make about men that may seem to contradict her other claims?

3. For the author, which two main terms had been left out of feminist discussions when she first published her book?

4. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?

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

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