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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. What change to the language expressing involvement in feminism does the author advocate?
(a) Change "I advocate feminism" to "I support the feminist movement."
(b) Change "I am a feminist" to "I advocate feminism."
(c) Change "I am a feminist" to "I support the feminist movement."
(d) Change "I advocate feminism" to "I am a feminist."

2. What would this change in language suggest?
(a) It would affirm personal identity.
(b) It would suggest belief and participation in social action for change, rather than a confrontational approach.
(c) It would make the idea of belonging to a movement more visible.
(d) It would be active rather than passive.

3. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) The psychological malaise of all women in American society due to gender roles.
(b) Women and schizophrenia.
(c) Hating one's family.
(d) Women's fears of aging.

4. How does the author feel about defining feminism as enabling total personal freedom?
(a) She sees this as the most favorable definition of feminism.
(b) She finds the definition to vague.
(c) She sees it as very limiting for women since it is a male-defined model.
(d) She thinks it is immoral.

5. What can happen to women in light of the social views about their gender?
(a) Women can simply imitate men and these views will not affect them.
(b) Women can absorb these views and manifest them in their lives in negative ways.
(c) Nothing happens to women; they are not influenced by social attitudes.
(d) There is no proof that social attitudes affect individual choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?

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

3. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?

4. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?

5. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?

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