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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the week point in feminists' initial view of power?
(a) They did not distinguish between power as domination and control over others and power that is creative and life-affirming.
(b) Their opinions were vague and lacked cohesion.
(c) They did not realize that power was not limited to men.
(d) They placed too much value on attaining power and not enough on its effects.

2. The author opens the Preface to the first edition of the book with a description of which group and its experiences in life?
(a) Upper class black professionals.
(b) White upper class American women.
(c) White French feminists.
(d) Black Americans living in a small town in Kentucky.

3. Who must be retrained in order for the feminist movement to be successful?
(a) White upper class men.
(b) Men and women.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Men.

4. What group of women are left out but really stand to benefit more from feminist thought?
(a) College women.
(b) Housewives.
(c) Illiterate women.
(d) Middle class women.

5. At the end of the Preface (2000), what does the author say regarding "patriarchal mass media" and feminism?
(a) It creates low self-esteem in feminists.
(b) It appropriates feminist language for its own uses.
(c) It completely ignores feminism and feminists.
(d) It trashes feminism or tells the public it is a dead movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the author's initial experience in women's groups?

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

3. In the author's view, what is the result, or effect, of some successful feminists' particular relationship with power?

4. What is the social and racial dynamic described by the author at the beginning of the Preface to the first edition of the book?

5. Related to education, what does the author see as one of the primary goals of feminism?

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