View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author present education in the title of Chapter Eight
(a) As as a class agenda.
(b) As a feminist agenda.
(c) As a dilemma.
(d) As a teen agenda.

2. 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 creative expression.
(c) They did not yet have a clear view of what made work successful.
(d) It was identified with capitalist, patriarchal standards of success (money and power).

3. When and where did the author enroll in her first women's studies class?
(a) At UCLA in the late 1960s.
(b) At Howard in the 1970s.
(c) At Brown in the early 1980s.
(d) At Stanford in the 1970s.

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

5. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?
(a) Make new friends.
(b) Be more like white feminists.
(c) To get more work.
(d) To expand the basis of feminist thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the author raise about the desire for equality with men?

2. What has happened as a result of the form taken by the majority of feminist writing?

3. How should feminists behave towards consumerism, 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. How does the author propose to prioritize the struggles against various forms of prejudice?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 482 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample