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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. What change to the language expressing involvement in feminism does the author advocate?
(a) Change "I advocate feminism" to "I am a feminist."
(b) Change "I am a feminist" to "I support the feminist movement."
(c) Change "I advocate feminism" to "I support the feminist movement."
(d) Change "I am a feminist" to "I advocate feminism."

2. In the Preface to the second edition, what is the first factor considered by black parents when a child is born, according to the author?
(a) Gender, then race.
(b) Race, then gender.
(c) Gender, then size.
(d) Race, then size.

3. What did she notice about white female students at the time?
(a) They were afraid to look at each other in class.
(b) They were at college in order to find husbands.
(c) They were very excited about creating community and being together.
(d) They were not very smart.

4. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?
(a) Sexual oppression is here to stay.
(b) Men are not effected by sexual oppression but they should support ending it.
(c) Sexual oppression is derived from poor self-esteem.
(d) Sexual oppression damages everyone and ending it will benefit everyone.

5. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?
(a) Low job benefits, high poverty, high divorce rates.
(b) High poverty, low status of single mothers, lack of state assistance and health care.
(c) High divorce rates, low job benefits, no enough day care.
(d) High poverty, high divorce rates, lack of state assistance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What assertion does the author make about lower and middle class women and power?

3. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?

4. What can the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities enable them to do?

5. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?

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