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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. What general statement does the author make about men that may seem to contradict her other claims?
(a) All men support and perpetuate sexism and sexist oppression in one form or another.
(b) Sexism is not perpetuated by educated men.
(c) Most men are unable to truly support feminism.
(d) Men are no longer sexist.

2. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author describe the original reception of her book?
(a) It was embraced by all feminists for its thought-provoking content.
(b) It started a riot.
(c) It was rejected by mainstream feminists.
(d) Women of color claimed it focused mostly on white women so they rejected it.

3. According to the author, challenges to to sisterhood can exist between white women and women of color; between which other groups does she say that they can exist?
(a) Only between women from different social classes.
(b) Between different groups of non-white women, women of different classes and/or races/ethnicities, and women of different sexual orientations.
(c) Between women from different universities.
(d) Challenges to sisterhood do not really occur between other groups of women.

4. What must happen in order for women to create true sisterhood?
(a) Women must decide to get a formal education.
(b) Women must learn to organize politically.
(c) Women must learn to explore, understand, and communicate their individual experiences.
(d) Women must all agree on a single definition of sisterhood.

5. Following the author's reasoning, what does a societal trend towards women identifying with and pursuing male models of power show?
(a) That women do not necessarily experience and wield power differently from men.
(b) It does not really show us anything one way or the other.
(c) That women are just as capable as men.
(d) That women lack the ability to develop their own models.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's opinion, how did early feminists view violence against women?

2. Who has portrayed the relationship between feminism and the family in this way? (See question # 61)

3. In Chapter 1, the author states that feminist theory and the feminist movement were originally shaped by which type of people?

4. What notion about women and power do both sexist and traditional feminist culture share?

5. What change to the language expressing involvement in feminism does the author advocate?

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