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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. Who has portrayed the relationship between feminism and the family in this way? (See question # 61)
(a) Most feminists hold this view.
(b) Outsiders to the movement and sometimes feminists in the movement who want to create women-only communities.
(c) The child protective services.
(d) All men.

2. How has the author's own perception of her book held up?
(a) She feels that a lot of her theories are now outdated.
(b) She believes that her ideas are too radical.
(c) The theories in the book do not have a mass appeal.
(d) She comments that the book's theories are still sound, still relevant, and easily understandable by contemporary readers from all walks of life.

3. How does the author feel about defining feminism as enabling total personal freedom?
(a) She sees this as the most favorable definition of feminism.
(b) She finds the definition to vague.
(c) She sees it as very limiting for women since it is a male-defined model.
(d) She thinks it is immoral.

4. In the first chapter, how does the author characterize the perspective of the women involved in the early feminist movement?
(a) Their perspective is difficult to pin down since they were from many different social backgrounds.
(b) They saw all women as oppressed but had no real awareness of the life of a non-white, non-middle class women.
(c) They were overly concerned with saving poor women.
(d) They thought working women were not true feminists.

5. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?
(a) Black women were always seen as a threat to the movement.
(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) Some white feminists rejected their ideas but most did not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on your understanding of the two Prefaces, who does the author wish to reach with her work?

2. What belief about men did early feminists act out, according to the author.

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

4. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the author's views of how modern western cultures deal with the process of change.

2. Does the author still believe in her work?

3. The title of Chapter Seven, "Rethinking the Nature of Work," suggests that ideas about work must change; what changes does the author propose?

4. Does the author encourage a particular attitude towards manifesting change?

5. Is the lack of solidarity mainly an issue between black women and white women?

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

7. Does the author mention different branches of the feminist movement in Chapter Eight, and if so what kind of relationship do they have?

8. Who harbors sexist attitudes and what can be done about it?

9. How does the author feel about including men in the feminist movement?

10. In Chapter Four, does the author agree with early feminist definitions of sisterhood?

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