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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 title of Chapter Nine, what is one of the primary goals of the feminist movement?
(a) To develop a new rating system for DVDs and video games.
(b) To end violence, especially against women.
(c) To create a government department overseeing women's issues.
(d) To legalize prostitution.

2. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?
(a) Margin and center.
(b) Intellectual and illiterate.
(c) Inside and outside.
(d) Liberal and conservative.

3. In the author's view, what is the result, or effect, of some successful feminists' particular relationship with power?
(a) It makes men extremely jealous.
(b) It perpetuates the very sexism they claim to strive against.
(c) It reverses gender roles in a positive way.
(d) It destroys less powerful women's chances.

4. Why does the author hold her particular beliefs about prioritizing struggles against different forms of prejudice?
(a) As a black woman, she feels that race is a more pressing matter than feminism.
(b) Because she is a women, she places gender issues first.
(c) She holds her views because she needs to maintain her standing in the academic community.
(d) All are ultimately as destructive of society and the individual as the other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what levels of culture and society is violence most likely to exist?

2. What does the author say about the statement: "I am a feminist"?

3. According to the author, in what form has feminist thought primarily been circulated?

4. What does the author suggest about many successful feminists and their relationship with power?

5. Besides spreading feminism and its goals, what else would be accomplished by the action promoted by the author?

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