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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. How does the author characterize the aims of the feminist movement in relationship to other movements?
(a) There is a relationship between feminism and the struggle against ageism, but that is all.
(b) The aims and goals of the feminist movement are really separate from other movements.
(c) The feminist movements aims and intentions are interwoven with those struggling against classism, racism, heterosexism, and other forms of oppression..
(d) Feminists should stay focused on their own goals and not look to other movements.

2. What has been the result of this mode of circulation?
(a) It has kept feminist thought more localized, since word of mouth does not travel over large distances.
(b) It has limited participation in the movement to those who can read.
(c) It has limited access to feminist ideas to those who own televisions.
(d) It has made feminist thought accessible to a wider range of women.

3. How did many lower/middle class and/or non-white women respond to this view of work?
(a) They agreed with it.
(b) They wanted more discussion of career possibilities.
(c) It alienated them from feminism.
(d) Work was not part of their list of concerns at the time.

4. In the author's view, which prejudices is it important for women of color to transcend?
(a) Prejudices against academics and/or intellectuals.
(b) Prejudices against illiterate women.
(c) Prejudices against rich women.
(d) Prejudices against their mothers' generation.

5. What can the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities enable them to do?
(a) It will not enable them to change anything.
(b) It enables them to reinforce the patriarchal model of power.
(c) It can enable them to resist exploitation, freeing them to transform society for the better.
(d) It will enable them to keep their jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what does society often teach women about what it means to be a woman?

2. Related to education, what does the author see as one of the primary goals of feminism?

3. In the Preface (2000), what examples does the author give of the problematic status of women in contemporary society?

4. How does the author characterize black women's future role in the feminist movement?

5. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?

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