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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. According to the author, how has the relationship between feminism and the family often been portrayed?
(a) Feminism is often perceived as pro-family.
(b) Feminism does not seem to address this issue very clearly.
(c) Feminism has often been portrayed as anti-family and pro-freedom.
(d) The family is accepted as a necessary evil.

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

3. As stated in the 1984 Preface, what is the primary weakness of feminist theory that the author promises to address in her book?
(a) Feminist theory does not propose concrete solutions for women's empowerment.
(b) It has been developed and presented from the perspective of women with more societal power and privilege.
(c) Feminist theory is too focused on economics.
(d) Feminist theory does not reach out to younger women.

4. What observations does the author make about women and the practice of violence?
(a) Women are more violent as teenagers.
(b) Women are essentially nonviolent by nature.
(c) Women are actually more violent than men.
(d) Women also have a capacity for violence and many condone and advocate war.

5. Whose ideas in particular does she address?
(a) Characters on "I Love Lucy."
(b) Early feminists (i.e. white bourgeois women).
(c) Gay men.
(d) French women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author characterize black women's future role in the feminist movement?

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

3. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?

4. What opinion does the author express regarding the connection between early feminist concepts of sexual liberty and the movement to end sexual oppression?

5. How did early (upper middle class, white) feminists regard work?

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