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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

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 Preface to the first edition (1984), which two key terms in her analysis does the author introduce?
(a) Inside and outside.
(b) Margin and center.
(c) Intellectual and illiterate.
(d) Liberal and conservative.

3. For the author, which two main terms had been left out of feminist discussions when she first published her book?
(a) Genetics and the role of the family.
(b) Class and marital status.
(c) Race and class.
(d) Gender and race.

4. What assertion does the author make (once again) about who benefits from the current feminist movement?
(a) Only women will benefit from the movement.
(b) It can, and will, benefit people of both genders and all ages.
(c) She states that white middle class women stand to benefit more than anyone else.
(d) Children will benefit, but not the current generation.

5. How does the author view the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities?
(a) As a new form of slavery.
(b) As an ideal kind of power.
(c) As a disappointment.
(d) As an imitation of patriarchal models of power

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author see feminism and the family?

2. In the author's view, what is the result, or effect, of some successful feminists' particular relationship with power?

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

4. How should feminists behave towards consumerism, according to the author?

5. What is the primary "point of contact" between the oppressor and the oppressed?

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