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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is violence truly a manifestation of for the author?
(a) Imperialism, power, and a hierarchy of control.
(b) Sexual inadequacy.
(c) Hatred of women, especially the mother.
(d) Insecurity.

3. What observations does the author make about women and the practice of violence?
(a) Women are essentially nonviolent by nature.
(b) Women also have a capacity for violence and many condone and advocate war.
(c) Women are more violent as teenagers.
(d) Women are actually more violent than men.

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

5. The title of Chapter Twelve, "Feminist Revolution: Development through Struggle," refers to which of the following ideas?
(a) Feminists create change by holding serious debates.
(b) The feminist revolution will only be won via armed struggle.
(c) That the feminist movement must struggle for the benefit of developing countries.
(d) That feminist-oriented change is achieved through perseverance and hard work.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what levels of culture and society is violence most likely to exist?

2. How is violence often represented in western culture?

3. What do these accepted beliefs about motherhood manifest for the author?

4. What do early feminist concepts of sexual liberty represent for the author?

5. How did women working for change initially view the exercise of power?

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