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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which elements define the ideal family for the author?
(a) Support, respect, unity and community.
(b) Order, respect, and privacy.
(c) Unity, modesty, and communication.
(d) Order, unity, respect, and fairness.

2. Based on your understanding of the two Prefaces, who does the author wish to reach with her work?
(a) As wide and diverse of an audience as possible.
(b) Mainly people who are brand new to feminism.
(c) Men.
(d) Women of color.

3. What is the definition of feminism proposed by the author?
(a) Feminism must be defined as community before anything else.
(b) Everyone should develop her own definition of feminism.
(c) Feminism should be understood as total personal freedom for everyone.
(d) The struggle to end sexist oppression in all its forms, whether economic, political, social, or sexual.

4. What has happened as a result of the form taken by the majority of feminist writing?
(a) Younger women have been able to relate to feminist writing with more ease.
(b) Many women have seen the writing as impractical.
(c) More women have been attracted to the movement.
(d) Many uneducated women have been excluded.

5. How does the author describe feminism in the U.S.?
(a) As a bourgeois ideology based on liberal individualism.
(b) As a collective Marxist movement.
(c) As a radical revolution.
(d) As a separatist movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do feminists need to consider when examining their beliefs about men?

2. In the author's view, how did early feminists understand work, i.e what did they identify as successful work?

3. According to the author, how are joint analyses of race, class, and gender seen today?

4. What does the author say about the statement: "I am a feminist"?

5. What observations does the author make about women and the practice of violence?

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