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

2. What potential effect can feminism have on the family, in the author's view?
(a) It can draw attention away from the family towards more important things.
(b) It can undermine family stability.
(c) It can help maintain the traditional structure of the Western family.
(d) It can transform the family in very positive ways.

3. 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 thinks it is immoral.
(d) She sees it as very limiting for women since it is a male-defined model.

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

5. According to the author, how are joint analyses of race, class, and gender seen today?
(a) They are accepted by mainstream feminism as common practice.
(b) They are exclusively embraced in university settings.
(c) They are mostly practiced by black intellectuals.
(d) They are still rejected by mainstream feminists as too radical.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What must be learned in order for the feminist movement to be successful?

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

4. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?

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

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