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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. For the author, what is a better way to arrive at a definition of sisterhood?
(a) Through sustained debate.
(b) Through solidarity in the face of all forms of oppression.
(c) By finding out which men are truly oppressive.
(d) The movement does not need a definition of sisterhood.

2. 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.

3. What general statement does the author make about men that may seem to contradict her other claims?
(a) Most men are unable to truly support feminism.
(b) All men support and perpetuate sexism and sexist oppression in one form or another.
(c) Men are no longer sexist.
(d) Sexism is not perpetuated by educated men.

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

5. What is the primary "point of contact" between the oppressor and the oppressed?
(a) The work environment.
(b) There is very little actual contact.
(c) Absence of choices.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the title of Chapter Nine, what is one of the primary goals of the feminist movement?

2. Who must be retrained in order for the feminist movement to be successful?

3. What must be learned in order for the feminist movement to be successful?

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

5. According to the author, challenges to to sisterhood can exist between white women and women of color; between which other groups does she say that they can exist?

(see the answer key)

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