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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. Which elements define the ideal family for the author?
(a) Order, unity, respect, and fairness.
(b) Support, respect, unity and community.
(c) Unity, modesty, and communication.
(d) Order, respect, and privacy.

2. In general, the title of Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," relates to which of the following ideas?
(a) Black women's lives can serve as raw material for white women when they create feminist theory.
(b) It doesn't relate to any of the aforementioned ideas.
(c) Black women can create their own feminist theory; they do not need to participate in the broader movement.
(d) Black women are important in shaping the feminist movement and broadening the previously limited perspectives in feminism.

3. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?
(a) Rita Mae Brown.
(b) Leah Fritz.
(c) Betty Friedan.
(d) Benjamin Barber.

4. What notion about women and power do both sexist and traditional feminist culture share?
(a) That women do not understand money.
(b) That motherhood is a woman's right of passage.
(c) That women experience and wield power differently from men.
(d) That women should not be in positions of power.

5. On what levels of culture and society is violence most likely to exist?
(a) Mostly on the interpersonal level.
(b) The author does not make a statement one way or the other.
(c) On all levels: family, community, government, international relations, etc.
(d) Mostly between countries at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's contention about the feelings that defined sisterhood?

2. How does the author describe the family in "Western society"?

3. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?

4. In the author's view, which prejudices is it important for women of color to transcend?

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

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