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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did many lower/middle class and/or non-white women respond to early feminist views on work as they did?
(a) They hoped to create strategies for career advancement.
(b) They were already working and new it was not the ideal situation that others imagined.
(c) They wanted to be included in the movement.
(d) They felt that the work they wanted would never be available.

2. What question does the author raise about the desire for equality with men?
(a) There are degrees of "equality" within the male gender, so with which men are women supposed to want equality?
(b) How come more women don not see the value in imitating male models of power?
(c) When will men decide to share their power?
(d) Why do women want equality with men?

3. For the author, what must happen to feminism in order for it to have "a revolutionary, transformative impact on society"?
(a) Feminism must exclude men from the movement.
(b) People involved in feminism must reject the popular media.
(c) Feminism must become more intellectual.
(d) Feminism must become a mass-based political movement.

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

5. What opinion does the author express regarding the connection between early feminist concepts of sexual liberty and the movement to end sexual oppression?
(a) They are very closely related.
(b) They are not the same thing.
(c) She feels they should not be the target of conservative thinkers.
(d) She does not express an opinion but promises to discuss them together in a later book.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author cites Lillian Hellman's autobiography as an example of what kind of phenomenon?

2. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author characterize the later reception of her work?

3. At the end of the Preface to the second edition, where does the author maintain that a feminist path will lead us?

4. How does the author view the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities?

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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