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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. How does the author see feminism and the family?
(a) She believes that the traditional family structure is fine the way it is and feminists should not try to change it.
(b) She feels ambivalent about the relationship between the two.
(c) She thinks feminists that reject the family completely are justified in doing so.
(d) Her definition of feminism is one that is pro-family.

2. What has happened as a result of the form taken by the majority of feminist writing?
(a) Many uneducated women have been excluded.
(b) More women have been attracted to the movement.
(c) Younger women have been able to relate to feminist writing with more ease.
(d) Many women have seen the writing as impractical.

3. What assertion does the author make (once again) about who benefits from the current feminist movement?
(a) She states that white middle class women stand to benefit more than anyone else.
(b) It can, and will, benefit people of both genders and all ages.
(c) Children will benefit, but not the current generation.
(d) Only women will benefit from the movement.

4. What assertion does the author make about lower and middle class women and power?
(a) They do not have the time to create new models of power.
(b) They have followed creative and life-affirming models of power.
(c) They have given up on attaining any power in their lives.
(d) They feel comfortable with the power hierarchy.

5. How does the author present education in the title of Chapter Eight
(a) As a teen agenda.
(b) As as a class agenda.
(c) As a feminist agenda.
(d) As a dilemma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the author's initial experience in women's groups?

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

4. How are black and white men the same in the author's view?

5. What were black women mostly encouraged to talk about in the early days of the feminist movement.

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