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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the main relationship discussed in Chapter 5?
(a) The relationship between men and the feminist movement.
(b) The relationship between senior women and feminism.
(c) The relationship between women and technology.
(d) The relationship between feminism and civil rights

4. In the title of Chapter Five, what term is used to describe men's relationship to the feminist movement.
(a) The oppressor.
(b) Enemy number one.
(c) Comrades in struggle.
(d) Friends of the cause.

5. Who must be retrained in order for the feminist movement to be successful?
(a) White upper class men.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Men.
(d) Men and women.

6. Why does the author spend time talking about the relationship between feminism and the family?
(a) She wants to dispel anti-family myths and propose a definition of feminism from within that takes the family unit as the foundation of a compassionate society.
(b) She believes that it will help attract more men to the movement.
(c) She is determined to promote the traditional family structure.
(d) She is tired of being accused of ignoring this important issue.

7. What did she notice about white female students at the time?
(a) They were at college in order to find husbands.
(b) They were afraid to look at each other in class.
(c) They were very excited about creating community and being together.
(d) They were not very smart.

8. In the Preface, which four factors are most central to the author's argument about a person's position in society?
(a) Height, gender, income, and place of birth.
(b) Race, weight, gender, and marital status.
(c) Race, gender, income, and education.
(d) Education, political beliefs, place of birth, and family name.

9. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?
(a) Many people embrace her ideas but do not give her any credit for them.
(b) The people who first rejected the book came to regard the author's innovations as necessary and valuable.
(c) Male academics find the work too exclusive.
(d) Women of color still feel that the author does not address their concerns.

10. Why does the author believe that it is important to define feminism from within the movement?
(a) It makes feminists appear more organized.
(b) Because it fosters pride among feminists.
(c) It provides direction for newcomers to the movement.
(d) Because it helps to combat negative stereotypes placed on it from without, and it can create growth within the movement.

11. In Chapter 2, what are the author's thoughts on a universally accepted definition of feminism?
(a) She thinks that the current definition is already adequate and people should focus on more important matters.s
(b) She says that it continues to be difficult to find a universally accepted definition.
(c) She doesn't understand why it is so difficult for people to agree on a universal definition..
(d) She does not see the relevance in trying to find a universally accepted definition.

12. What was the shared feeling that helped define sisterhood in the early years of the movement, according to the author?
(a) Desire for greater affluence.
(b) Artistic inspiration.
(c) A love of adventure.
(d) A sense of victimization.

13. What were black women mostly encouraged to talk about in the early days of the feminist movement.
(a) Race, class. and gender.
(b) Class and privilege.
(c) Race.
(d) Feminist theory.

14. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?
(a) Desegregation: Blacks were finally able to go wherever they wanted.
(b) Upward mobility: Blacks strove to imitate whites and climb the social ladder.
(c) The author does not discuss race until the end of the Preface.
(d) Segregation: Black people could enter parts of the white people's world, but they could not stay there.

15. From which position (or perspective) does the author claim to write in her analysis of feminism and its social manifestations?
(a) From a religious perspective.
(b) From a foreign perspective.
(c) From the margins.
(d) From an elite position.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Betty Friedan in Chapter 1?

2. How does the author characterize the aims of the feminist movement in relationship to other movements?

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

4. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?

5. In the author's view, what three things most determine a woman's destiny?

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