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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?
(a) Desegregation: Blacks were finally able to go wherever they wanted.
(b) Upward mobility: Blacks strove to imitate whites and climb the social ladder.
(c) The author does not discuss race until the end of the Preface.
(d) Segregation: Black people could enter parts of the white people's world, but they could not stay there.

2. What do early feminist concepts of sexual liberty represent for the author?
(a) A more practical approach to sex.
(b) A chance to finally be free from male desires.
(c) She does not say what they represent for her.
(d) Another manifestation of women adopting male-defined, heterosexist attitudes.

3. In the author's view, how should the beliefs about motherhood that she discusses be dealt with?
(a) They should be broken down and eliminated.
(b) They should be embraced by new mothers.
(c) They should be taught in schools.
(d) They should be replaced by non-European beliefs.

4. Following the author's reasoning, what does a societal trend towards women identifying with and pursuing male models of power show?
(a) That women are just as capable as men.
(b) It does not really show us anything one way or the other.
(c) That women do not necessarily experience and wield power differently from men.
(d) That women lack the ability to develop their own models.

5. What reason does the author give for lower and middle class women's relationship with power?
(a) They need further political education.
(b) They have met with a lot of defeat.
(c) They work all the time.
(d) They have lived in circumstances that required self-reliance, rather than dependency.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's opinion, how did early feminists view violence against women?

2. According to the author, tensions about motherhood existed between which two schools of thought?

3. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?

4. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?

5. Which elements define the ideal family for the author?

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