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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?
(a) Women of color still feel that the author does not address their concerns.
(b) Male academics find the work too exclusive.
(c) Many people embrace her ideas but do not give her any credit for them.
(d) The people who first rejected the book came to regard the author's innovations as necessary and valuable.

2. For the author, what perspective really changed the direction of feminist thought?
(a) Looking back at women's history.
(b) Looking at the interlocking nature of race, class, and gender.
(c) Accepting men into the movement.
(d) Creating women's studies departments in universities.

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

4. Besides spreading feminism and its goals, what else would be accomplished by the action promoted by the author?
(a) The creation of new woman-owned franchises.
(b) Less boredom and frustration.
(c) A better sense of current events.
(d) The dispelling of stereotypes.

5. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?
(a) Leah Fritz.
(b) Betty Friedan.
(c) Benjamin Barber.
(d) Rita Mae Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author hold her particular beliefs about prioritizing struggles against different forms of prejudice?

2. In Chapter 1, what key term does the author use to talk about the "racial politic" in the U.S.?

3. Which elements define the ideal family for the author?

4. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?

5. What potential effect can feminism have on the family, in the author's view?

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