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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. What potential effect can feminism have on the family, in the author's view?
(a) It can transform the family in very positive ways.
(b) It can help maintain the traditional structure of the Western family.
(c) It can draw attention away from the family towards more important things.
(d) It can undermine family stability.
2. When and where did the author enroll in her first women's studies class?
(a) At Howard in the 1970s.
(b) At Brown in the early 1980s.
(c) At Stanford in the 1970s.
(d) At UCLA in the late 1960s.
3. In Chapter 2, what are the author's thoughts on a universally accepted definition of feminism?
(a) She says that it continues to be difficult to find a universally accepted definition.
(b) She doesn't understand why it is so difficult for people to agree on a universal definition..
(c) She thinks that the current definition is already adequate and people should focus on more important matters.s
(d) She does not see the relevance in trying to find a universally accepted definition.
4. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?
(a) Sexual oppression is derived from poor self-esteem.
(b) Men are not effected by sexual oppression but they should support ending it.
(c) Sexual oppression damages everyone and ending it will benefit everyone.
(d) Sexual oppression is here to stay.
5. What is the definition of feminism proposed by the author?
(a) Feminism must be defined as community before anything else.
(b) Everyone should develop her own definition of feminism.
(c) The struggle to end sexist oppression in all its forms, whether economic, political, social, or sexual.
(d) Feminism should be understood as total personal freedom for everyone.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has desensitized women and men to violence in the author's view?
2. Who is affected by sexist attitudes in the author's view?
3. Why does the author believe that it is important to define feminism from within the movement?
4. How does the author see feminism and the family?
5. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?
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