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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?
(a) It has not done enough to reach out to both genders.
(b) It has created amazing changes in the lives of girls and boys, and women and men.
(c) The feminist movement has not changed the educational landscape.
(d) The movement has had positive effects, but mostly in the academic world.

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

3. What can happen to women in light of the social views about their gender?
(a) Nothing happens to women; they are not influenced by social attitudes.
(b) Women can absorb these views and manifest them in their lives in negative ways.
(c) There is no proof that social attitudes affect individual choices.
(d) Women can simply imitate men and these views will not affect them.

4. How does the author describe the family in "Western society"?
(a) For centuries it has been dominated by a sexist, patriarchal, authoritarian model.
(b) It is no longer the primary social unit.
(c) The Western family is based on nurturing and equality.
(d) Television has destroyed family relationships.

5. According to the author's Preface (2000), where is visionary feminist discourse increasingly talked about?
(a) In university sororities.
(b) Inside factories and in union meeting halls.
(c) In beauty parlors.
(d) In the corridors of the educated elite.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the author's view, is it valid to define feminism in terms of creating a sense of community?

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

4. Which definition of feminism does not work, according to the author?

5. What major difference between white and black men does the author point out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are traditional patriarchal concepts of gender related to violence against women?

2. Which two kinds of power does the author discuss in Chapter Six, "Changing Perspectives on Power"?

3. Describe the author's personal experiences with feminists from the same background as Friedan. How did they initially respond to her attempts to contribute to the conversation around feminist theory?

4. In Chapter Eleven, why does the author disagree with early feminist concepts of sexual liberty?

5. In the Preface to the First Edition (1984), what reasons does the author give for people finding themselves on the margins of society?

6. In chapter Nine, "Feminist Movement to End Violence," how does the author describe the patriarchal perspective on gender.

7. What does the author say about feminist writer Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique?

8. Is there a note of caution in the author's tone regarding the extent to which the system of power has actually changed? Where?

9. What doe the author mean when she says that black women have no "institutionalized other."

10. What reasons does the author give for people finding themselves at the center of society?

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