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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. In Chapter 1, what key term does the author use to talk about the "racial politic" in the U.S.?
(a) Racial ignorance.
(b) Regression.
(c) White supremacy.
(d) White privilege.

2. According to the author, tensions about motherhood existed between which two schools of thought?
(a) Between feminists and civil rights activists.
(b) Between early feminist thinking and traditional conception of motherhood.
(c) Between Americans and Europeans.
(d) Between doctors and midwives.

3. How does the author characterize the majority of feminist writing?
(a) As accessible to most literate women.
(b) As intellectual, academic and/or theoretical.
(c) As naive and uncritical.
(d) As utopian.

4. For the author, what is the relationship between traditional beliefs about the family and society at large?
(a) Traditional beliefs about the family and the relationships within it are grounded in ll the other forms of discrimination at work in American society.
(b) She does not see any relationship between the two.
(c) She credits changes in society with destroying the traditional family structure.
(d) She thinks that the family is a haven from society.

5. What has desensitized women and men to violence in the author's view?
(a) She does not feel that women have become desensitized to violence.
(b) Its use in everyday language.
(c) Its prevalence in the media.
(d) Their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author describe the original reception of her book?

2. In the Preface to the first edition (1984), what general theme does the author present?

3. What assertion does the author make about lower and middle class women and power?

4. What is the definition of feminism proposed by the author?

5. What was the shared feeling that helped define sisterhood in the early years of the movement, according to the author?

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