View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do feminists need to consider when examining their beliefs about men?
(a) How often men use sexist language.
(b) Whether or not men deserve to be included in feminism.
(c) Whether it is safe to alter their beliefs about men.
(d) How lower and working class men and non-white men are also oppressed.

2. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?
(a) Some white feminists rejected their ideas but most did not.
(b) Sometimes their ideas inspired new understanding and growth in the movement.
(c) Black feminists' ideas about class were accepted, but not their ideas about race.
(d) Black women were always seen as a threat to the movement.

3. In her discussion of attitudes towards sexuality, what common problem does the author say that women and gay men share?
(a) Their situations are totally dissimilar.
(b) They both need better spokespeople for their movements.
(c) People accuse them of whining.
(d) They share similar oppressions in that neither fit the ideal model of male heterosexuality.

4. What notion about women and power do both sexist and traditional feminist culture share?
(a) That motherhood is a woman's right of passage.
(b) That women experience and wield power differently from men.
(c) That women should not be in positions of power.
(d) That women do not understand money.

5. What does it ultimately mean for the author when women behave like white men?
(a) It means that they are traitors to their gender.
(b) It's an important sign of the sexual revolution.
(c) It means that there are more white men, i.e. there is no new definition of humanity.
(d) It means that these women are creating a more successful life.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the 1984 Preface, what is the primary weakness of feminist theory that the author promises to address in her book?

2. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?

3. According to the author, what does society often teach women about what it means to be a woman?

4. Why does the author spend time talking about the relationship between feminism and the family?

5. How does the author describe feminism in the U.S.?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 563 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample