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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

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 poverty, high divorce rates, lack of state assistance.
(b) High divorce rates, low job benefits, no enough day care.
(c) High poverty, low status of single mothers, lack of state assistance and health care.
(d) Low job benefits, high poverty, high divorce rates.

2. What is the definition of feminism proposed by the author?
(a) The struggle to end sexist oppression in all its forms, whether economic, political, social, or sexual.
(b) Everyone should develop her own definition of feminism.
(c) Feminism must be defined as community before anything else.
(d) Feminism should be understood as total personal freedom for everyone.

3. What general statement does the author make about men that may seem to contradict her other claims?
(a) Men are no longer sexist.
(b) Most men are unable to truly support feminism.
(c) All men support and perpetuate sexism and sexist oppression in one form or another.
(d) Sexism is not perpetuated by educated men.

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

5. Based on your understanding of the two Prefaces, who does the author wish to reach with her work?
(a) Mainly people who are brand new to feminism.
(b) Men.
(c) Women of color.
(d) As wide and diverse of an audience as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how has the relationship between feminism and the family often been portrayed?

2. What observations does the author make about women and the practice of violence?

3. In the author's view, how did early feminists understand work, i.e what did they identify as successful work?

4. In general, the title of Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," relates to which of the following ideas?

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

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