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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 Chapter 1, the author states that feminist theory and the feminist movement were originally shaped by which type of people?
(a) Middle-class women.
(b) Expatriates living abroad.
(c) Middle-class white women.
(d) Working-class women.

2. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?
(a) It trashes feminism or tells the public it is a dead movement.
(b) It completely ignores feminism and feminists.
(c) It creates low self-esteem in feminists.
(d) It appropriates feminist language for its own uses.

3. Who must be retrained in order for the feminist movement to be successful?
(a) Men.
(b) White upper class men.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Men and women.

4. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?
(a) White French feminists.
(b) Upper class black professionals.
(c) Black Americans living in a small town in Kentucky.
(d) White upper class American women.

5. In the author's view, how did early feminists understand work, i.e what did they identify as successful work?
(a) It was understood as related to traditionally feminine tasks.
(b) It was identified with capitalist, patriarchal standards of success (money and power).
(c) It was identified with creative expression.
(d) They did not yet have a clear view of what made work successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author view the concept of personal freedom?

2. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?

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

4. For the author, what activity would be most likely to help spread feminism and its goals to a wider cross section of women?

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

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