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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. Besides spreading feminism and its goals, what else would be accomplished by the action promoted by the author?
(a) Less boredom and frustration.
(b) A better sense of current events.
(c) The creation of new woman-owned franchises.
(d) The dispelling of stereotypes.

2. What was the week point in feminists' initial view of power?
(a) They placed too much value on attaining power and not enough on its effects.
(b) Their opinions were vague and lacked cohesion.
(c) They did not realize that power was not limited to men.
(d) They did not distinguish between power as domination and control over others and power that is creative and life-affirming.

3. What is the author's opinion about the two different groups and how they function?
(a) One is more necessary to the movement than the other.
(b) They need to take turns being in charge.
(c) Both are necessary to the movement.
(d) They should learn to stand i the other groups shoes.

4. What reason does the author give for lower and middle class women's relationship with power?
(a) They work all the time.
(b) They have lived in circumstances that required self-reliance, rather than dependency.
(c) They have met with a lot of defeat.
(d) They need further political education.

5. What was the author's initial experience in women's groups?
(a) Everyone was really open-minded.
(b) White women did not treat women of color as equals.
(c) No one would look at her.
(d) She found solidarity with women from very different backgrounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's view, how should the beliefs about motherhood that she discusses be dealt with?

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

3. In the first chapter, how does the author characterize the perspective of the women involved in the early feminist movement?

4. How did early feminists, and society at the time, view housework?

5. For the author, what is a better way to arrive at a definition of sisterhood?

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