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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ideas about parenting does the author initially discuss?
(a) European ideas of parenting.
(b) Feminist ideas about parenting.
(c) Parenting in American television sitcoms.
(d) Same sex couples' ideas about parenting.

2. What group of women are left out but really stand to benefit more from feminist thought?
(a) Housewives.
(b) College women.
(c) Middle class women.
(d) Illiterate women.

3. How were black women's efforts received by white feminists?
(a) They were openly embraced.
(b) They were mostly met with resentment and derision.
(c) They were seen as disorganized.
(d) They were completely ignored.

4. How should feminists behave towards consumerism, according to the author?
(a) They should learn aggressive marketing tactics.
(b) They should focus on more important things.
(c) Buy only what is necessary and thus resist capitalist culture and its connection to sexual oppression.
(d) They can accept it as a necessary evil.

5. In Chapter 3, "The Significance of Feminist Movement," the author discusses which of the following themes?
(a) Famous personalities within the feminist movement.
(b) The effects of feminism on foreign policy.
(c) The potential social and political benefits of the feminist movement.
(d) The major shortcomings of the feminist movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the 1984 Preface, what is the primary weakness of feminist theory that the author promises to address in her book?

2. According to the author, who originally defined "sisterhood" in the feminist movement?

3. What represents true sexual liberty for the author?

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

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

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