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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did early feminists, and society at the time, view housework?
(a) As something a woman cannot escape.
(b) As an ideal job.
(c) As demeaning.
(d) As relatively easy work.

2. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), what general theme does the author present?
(a) The central theory of her work.
(b) Her mother's life story.
(c) A history of the feminist movement.
(d) Her ideas about high school education for girls.

3. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?
(a) To expand the basis of feminist thought.
(b) Make new friends.
(c) Be more like white feminists.
(d) To get more work.

4. Whose ideas in particular does she address?
(a) French women.
(b) Characters on "I Love Lucy."
(c) Gay men.
(d) Early feminists (i.e. white bourgeois women).

5. How did women working for change initially view the exercise of power?
(a) As a luxury.
(b) As something negative.
(c) As something to strive for.
(d) As a rejection of femininity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?

2. According to the author, in what form has feminist thought primarily been circulated?

3. What did she notice about white female students at the time?

4. The author cites Lillian Hellman's autobiography as an example of what kind of phenomenon?

5. What has desensitized women and men to violence in the author's view?

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