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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. How does the author present education in the title of Chapter Eight
(a) As a feminist agenda.
(b) As a teen agenda.
(c) As as a class agenda.
(d) As a dilemma.

2. What is the author's contention about the feelings that defined sisterhood?
(a) Actually, she does not see anything wrong with them.
(b) She thinks they have a lot to do with insecurity around men.
(c) She suggests that they support sexist, patriarchal attitudes towards women.
(d) She finds them to be unjustified.

3. How are black and white men the same in the author's view?
(a) They both do not want women to be strong and assertive.
(b) They are not the same in the author's view.
(c) They are both capable of sexual oppression and violence against women, whether sexual or non-sexual.
(d) They both stand to lose power as a result of feminism.

4. The phrase "the problem that has no name" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) Women and schizophrenia.
(b) Women's fears of aging.
(c) Hating one's family.
(d) The psychological malaise of all women in American society due to gender roles.

5. In general, the title of Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," relates to which of the following ideas?
(a) Black women can create their own feminist theory; they do not need to participate in the broader movement.
(b) It doesn't relate to any of the aforementioned ideas.
(c) Black women's lives can serve as raw material for white women when they create feminist theory.
(d) Black women are important in shaping the feminist movement and broadening the previously limited perspectives in feminism.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what levels of culture and society is violence most likely to exist?

2. For the author, what is a better way to arrive at a definition of sisterhood?

3. How does the author view women's desires and attempts to be like white men?

4. What is the author's central theory about the nature (and practice) of violence against women?

5. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?

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