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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author's opinion about the two different groups and how they function?
(a) One is more necessary to the movement than the other.
(b) They need to take turns being in charge.
(c) Both are necessary to the movement.
(d) They should learn to stand i the other groups shoes.

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

3. What do these accepted beliefs about motherhood manifest for the author?
(a) Ingrained sexist thought.
(b) Groundbreaking theories of motherhood.
(c) Liberal thought.
(d) Television narratives.

4. 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 embody and/or capitalize upon male definitions of power and success.
(d) They become power hungry to the point of fanaticism.

5. Related to the issue of feminist writing, between which two groups does the author notice tension in the greater feminist movement?
(a) The tension between those who write and discuss theories and ideas and those who engage in direct activism to support the feminist movement.
(b) The tension between those who advocate scientific analysis and those advocating political manifestos.
(c) The tension between younger and older women.
(d) The tension between those who are idealistic and those who are practical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change in attitudes towards work does the author propose in Chapter Seven.

2. How did early (upper middle class, white) feminists regard work?

3. How is the long and painstaking process of change experienced by societies like the United States?

4. In the author's view, how did early feminists understand work, i.e what did they identify as successful work?

5. According to the author, in what form has feminist thought primarily been circulated?

(see the answer keys)

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