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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. How does the author view the concept of personal freedom?
(a) It is an honorable and uplifting concept.
(b) It promises to be an idea around which the feminist movement can rally.
(c) It is grounded in preserving the patriarchal, capitalist, individualist status quo.
(d) It runs the risk of promoting sexual infidelity.

2. In the author's view, is it valid to define feminism in terms of creating a sense of community?
(a) She claims that non-white, lower class women, who already have a strong sense of community may not find this definition adequate.
(b) Yes, this should be part of the universal definition of feminism.
(c) The definition is too vague to be useful.
(d) Community is something that all women lack so it is way to define feminism.

3. When and where did the author enroll in her first women's studies class?
(a) At UCLA in the late 1960s.
(b) At Howard in the 1970s.
(c) At Stanford in the 1970s.
(d) At Brown in the early 1980s.

4. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?
(a) Desegregation: Blacks were finally able to go wherever they wanted.
(b) Upward mobility: Blacks strove to imitate whites and climb the social ladder.
(c) The author does not discuss race until the end of the Preface.
(d) Segregation: Black people could enter parts of the white people's world, but they could not stay there.

5. What does it ultimately mean for the author when women behave like white men?
(a) It means that these women are creating a more successful life.
(b) It means that they are traitors to their gender.
(c) It's an important sign of the sexual revolution.
(d) It means that there are more white men, i.e. there is no new definition of humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change to the language expressing involvement in feminism does the author advocate?

2. In Chapter 1, the author states that feminist theory and the feminist movement were originally shaped by which type of people?

3. In the Preface to the second edition, what is the first factor considered by black parents when a child is born, according to the author?

4. What belief about men did early feminists act out, according to the author.

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

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