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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has desensitized women and men to violence in the author's view?
(a) Its prevalence in the media.
(b) She does not feel that women have become desensitized to violence.
(c) Its use in everyday language.
(d) Their families.

4. How does consumerism relate to the author's discussion of power?
(a) Feminists should tap into consumer culture to gain power.
(b) It does not come up in her discussion at all.
(c) Feminists should not be distracted from fighting sexism by focusing on resisting consumerism.
(d) Combatting consumerism is a positive manifestation of women's power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's view, which prejudices is it important for women of color to transcend?

2. What was the week point in feminists' initial view of power?

3. How does the author present education in the title of Chapter Eight

4. Overall, what is the author's approach to presenting feminist ideas in this book?

5. Related to the issue of feminist writing, between which two groups does the author notice tension in the greater feminist movement?

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