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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the author, what is a better way to arrive at a definition of sisterhood?
(a) Through solidarity in the face of all forms of oppression.
(b) The movement does not need a definition of sisterhood.
(c) By finding out which men are truly oppressive.
(d) Through sustained debate.

2. What belief about men did early feminists act out, according to the author.
(a) The belief that men were role models.
(b) The belief that men were unimportant.
(c) The belief that men were like children.
(d) The belief that all men were the enemy.

3. How does the author view the concept of personal freedom?
(a) It is grounded in preserving the patriarchal, capitalist, individualist status quo.
(b) It is an honorable and uplifting concept.
(c) It runs the risk of promoting sexual infidelity.
(d) It promises to be an idea around which the feminist movement can rally.

4. What change to the language expressing involvement in feminism does the author advocate?
(a) Change "I advocate feminism" to "I am a feminist."
(b) Change "I am a feminist" to "I support the feminist movement."
(c) Change "I advocate feminism" to "I support the feminist movement."
(d) Change "I am a feminist" to "I advocate feminism."

5. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?
(a) Upward mobility: Blacks strove to imitate whites and climb the social ladder.
(b) Desegregation: Blacks were finally able to go wherever they wanted.
(c) Segregation: Black people could enter parts of the white people's world, but they could not stay there.
(d) The author does not discuss race until the end of the Preface.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major difference between white and black men does the author point out?

2. What did she notice about white female students at the time?

3. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?

4. The phrase "suffering cannot be measured and compared quantitatively" comes from which of the following authors?

5. According to the author, in Chapter 1, "Black Women - Shaping Feminist Theory," what were black feminists initially trying to do in the feminist movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the author give for people finding themselves at the center of society?

2. Describe the kind of power that the author sees in communities of economically disadvantaged women.

3. Why can total change be a difficult and uncomfortable process, according to the author?

4. Do early feminists beliefs about violence support traditional patriarchal concepts of gender?

5. Describe the early feminist view on parenting stated in Chapter Ten, "Revolutionary Parenting."

6. Are there tensions around female heterosexuality within the feminist movement?

7. Who harbors sexist attitudes and what can be done about it?

8. What can alternative models of power accomplish, according to the author?

9. What significant effect can feminism have on the family?

10. In the 2000 Preface is the author's attitude towards change in the feminist movement positive or negative, and what examples does she give?

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