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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The problem that has no name" is a quotation by which author?
(a) Leah Fritz.
(b) Rita Mae Brown.
(c) Betty Friedan.
(d) Bell hooks.

2. For the author, what is the relationship between traditional beliefs about the family and society at large?
(a) She thinks that the family is a haven from society.
(b) She does not see any relationship between the two.
(c) She credits changes in society with destroying the traditional family structure.
(d) Traditional beliefs about the family and the relationships within it are grounded in ll the other forms of discrimination at work in American society.

3. What ideas about parenting does the author initially discuss?
(a) Parenting in American television sitcoms.
(b) Feminist ideas about parenting.
(c) Same sex couples' ideas about parenting.
(d) European ideas of parenting.

4. How is the long and painstaking process of change experienced by societies like the United States?
(a) As boring.
(b) As frustrating but entertaining.
(c) As relatively easy.
(d) As foreign, unappealing, and frustrating.

5. In Chapter Six, what does the author claim women active in feminist movement have been ambivalent about?
(a) Power.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Sex.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?

2. How does the author view the concept of personal freedom?

3. What is the main relationship discussed in Chapter 5?

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

5. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?

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