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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the awareness about sexual oppression that the author advocates?
(a) Sexual oppression damages everyone and ending it will benefit everyone.
(b) Sexual oppression is here to stay.
(c) Men are not effected by sexual oppression but they should support ending it.
(d) Sexual oppression is derived from poor self-esteem.

2. What question does the author raise about the desire for equality with men?
(a) How come more women don not see the value in imitating male models of power?
(b) Why do women want equality with men?
(c) There are degrees of "equality" within the male gender, so with which men are women supposed to want equality?
(d) When will men decide to share their power?

3. For the author, what is the relationship between traditional beliefs about the family and society at large?
(a) She does not see any relationship between the two.
(b) She thinks that the family is a haven from society.
(c) She credits changes in society with destroying the traditional family structure.
(d) Traditional beliefs about the family and the relationships within it are grounded in ll the other forms of discrimination at work in American society.

4. How does the author view the kind of power practiced by women from non-affluent communities?
(a) As an imitation of patriarchal models of power
(b) As a disappointment.
(c) As an ideal kind of power.
(d) As a new form of slavery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Were there ever alternate reactions to black women's efforts to participate in the early feminist movement, and if so what were they?

3. How does the author view housework?

4. What name did early feminists use to describe radical, or revolutionary, feminists?

5. What does it ultimately mean for the author when women behave like white men?

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