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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to gender and violence, what major aspect of violence does the author discuss in this chapter?
(a) Parental violence.
(b) War.
(c) Violence against animals.
(d) Violence in the cinema.

2. Which one of the following is true of the author beliefs about child care centers?
(a) They should be run with discipline and order.
(b) They should not provide food for the children's lunches.
(c) They should be run exclusively by women.
(d) They should be staffed by workers of both genders.

3. How did early feminists, and society at the time, view housework?
(a) As relatively easy work.
(b) As demeaning.
(c) As something a woman cannot escape.
(d) As an ideal job.

4. How did early (upper middle class, white) feminists regard work?
(a) They felt it was less important than education.
(b) They saw it as an added burden to the childcare they were already doing.
(c) They wanted to work but did not want to compete with men in the professions.
(d) Work outside the home was equated with freedom from male oppression.

5. What was the early feminist belief about creating change according to the author?
(a) It would happen once women took over the media.
(b) That demanding necessary change and pointing out areas for that change would be enough to make it happen.
(c) That armed resistance was the only way to achieve true change.
(d) That change would not take place for another generation.

6. According to the author, tensions about motherhood existed between which two schools of thought?
(a) Between early feminist thinking and traditional conception of motherhood.
(b) Between doctors and midwives.
(c) Between Americans and Europeans.
(d) Between feminists and civil rights activists.

7. For the author, if "we" are to transform our present reality, what must happen?
(a) We cannot truly change out present reality without creating complete chaos.
(b) We must embrace our enemies.
(c) We must elect a female president.
(d) The world we most intimately know and feel safe in must end.

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

9. How does the author characterize early feminist concepts of sexual liberty?
(a) Freedom from sexual relations with men.
(b) She does not provide any description of such concepts.
(c) A complete rejection of romantic love.
(d) The choice to have sexual relations whenever and with whoever one desires.

10. In the author's view, how should the beliefs about motherhood that she discusses be dealt with?
(a) They should be embraced by new mothers.
(b) They should be replaced by non-European beliefs.
(c) They should be taught in schools.
(d) They should be broken down and eliminated.

11. The title of Chapter Ten, "Revolutionary Parenting," suggests which of the following ideas?
(a) Parenting and technology.
(b) Parents should homeschool their children.
(c) How activists can meet the challenges of parenting.
(d) Parenting, and attitudes toward it, must undergo major changes.

12. What does the author suggest about many successful feminists and their relationship with power?
(a) They develop an inferiority complex.
(b) They try to dominate men.
(c) They become power hungry to the point of fanaticism.
(d) They embody and/or capitalize upon male definitions of power and success.

13. Which one of the following ideas is not mentioned by the author in her discussion of how feminist-oriented change can actually come about?
(a) A concerted and sustained effort to change sexist attitudes in women.
(b) Armed struggle.
(c) A concerted and sustained effort to change sexist attitudes in men.
(d) An understanding of the socio-political systems that give rise to and perpetuate sexist attitudes.

14. Overall, what is the author's approach to presenting feminist ideas in this book?
(a) She presents male stereotypes about women then proceeds to refute them.
(b) In general, she focuses on more recent developments in feminism.
(c) Usually she presents early feminist ideas, points out their failings, and proposes alternatives.
(d) She presents other people's work but rarely discusses her own ideas.

15. Which one of the following ideas does not appear in the author's discussion of strategies for dealing with accepted beliefs about motherhood?
(a) Men should be the breadwinners, not the caregivers.
(b) Parenting must also take place outside the home.
(c) Men must be encouraged to believe that they are capable of good parenting.
(d) Men must be encouraged to practice parenting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following ideas does not appear in the author's discussion of long accepted views of motherhood?

2. What can the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities enable them to do?

3. What has been the result of this mode of circulation?

4. The title of Chapter Twelve, "Feminist Revolution: Development through Struggle," refers to which of the following ideas?

5. Besides spreading feminism and its goals, what else would be accomplished by the action promoted by the author?

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