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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the author's view, what three things most determine a woman's destiny?
(a) Her race, her gender, and who she marries.
(b) Her alma mater, her first job, and who she marries.
(c) Gender, race, and class.
(d) Who she marries, her appearance, and her family name.

2. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?
(a) Feminism must become more intellectual.
(b) Feminism must become a mass-based political movement.
(c) People involved in feminism must reject the popular media.
(d) Feminism must exclude men from the movement.

3. What do these accepted beliefs about motherhood manifest for the author?
(a) Liberal thought.
(b) Ingrained sexist thought.
(c) Groundbreaking theories of motherhood.
(d) Television narratives.

4. What assertion does the author make about lower and middle class women and power?
(a) They do not have the time to create new models of power.
(b) They have followed creative and life-affirming models of power.
(c) They have given up on attaining any power in their lives.
(d) They feel comfortable with the power hierarchy.

5. Related to the issue of feminist writing, between which two groups does the author notice tension in the greater feminist movement?
(a) The tension between those who advocate scientific analysis and those advocating political manifestos.
(b) The tension between those who are idealistic and those who are practical.
(c) The tension between younger and older women.
(d) The tension between those who write and discuss theories and ideas and those who engage in direct activism to support the feminist movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has portrayed the relationship between feminism and the family in this way? (See question # 61)

2. In the title of Chapter Five, what term is used to describe men's relationship to the feminist movement.

3. How does the author see feminism and the family?

4. What was the week point in feminists' initial view of power?

5. What notion about women and power do both sexist and traditional feminist culture share?

(see the answer key)

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