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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 phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?
(a) Leah Fritz.
(b) Betty Friedan.
(c) Benjamin Barber.
(d) Rita Mae Brown.

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

3. Why does the author hold her particular beliefs about prioritizing struggles against different forms of prejudice?
(a) Because she is a women, she places gender issues first.
(b) She holds her views because she needs to maintain her standing in the academic community.
(c) All are ultimately as destructive of society and the individual as the other.
(d) As a black woman, she feels that race is a more pressing matter than feminism.

4. What is the primary "point of contact" between the oppressor and the oppressed?
(a) Marriage.
(b) The work environment.
(c) Absence of choices.
(d) There is very little actual contact.

5. From which position (or perspective) does the author claim to write in her analysis of feminism and its social manifestations?
(a) From the margins.
(b) From an elite position.
(c) From a religious perspective.
(d) From a foreign perspective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it ultimately mean for the author when women behave like white men?

2. Who must be retrained in order for the feminist movement to be successful?

3. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?

4. In Chapter 1, what key term does the author use to talk about the "racial politic" in the U.S.?

5. In Chapter 2, what are the author's thoughts on a universally accepted definition of feminism?

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