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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. Who has portrayed the relationship between feminism and the family in this way? (See question # 61)
(a) Outsiders to the movement and sometimes feminists in the movement who want to create women-only communities.
(b) All men.
(c) Most feminists hold this view.
(d) The child protective services.

2. In Chapter 3, "The Significance of Feminist Movement," the author discusses which of the following themes?
(a) The effects of feminism on foreign policy.
(b) Famous personalities within the feminist movement.
(c) The potential social and political benefits of the feminist movement.
(d) The major shortcomings of the feminist movement.

3. The author states that most women would like to be like ________________.
(a) white men.
(b) their mentors.
(c) their best friends.
(d) their mothers.

4. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) Hating one's family.
(b) Women and schizophrenia.
(c) The psychological malaise of all women in American society due to gender roles.
(d) Women's fears of aging.

5. How are black and white men the same in the author's view?
(a) They are both capable of sexual oppression and violence against women, whether sexual or non-sexual.
(b) They both stand to lose power as a result of feminism.
(c) They are not the same in the author's view.
(d) They both do not want women to be strong and assertive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the author view housework?

3. According to the author, what does society often teach women about what it means to be a woman?

4. Based on your understanding of the two Prefaces, who does the author wish to reach with her work?

5. The author cites Lillian Hellman's autobiography as an example of what kind of phenomenon?

(see the answer key)

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