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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. How did many lower/middle class and/or non-white women respond to this view of work?
(a) They wanted more discussion of career possibilities.
(b) It alienated them from feminism.
(c) Work was not part of their list of concerns at the time.
(d) They agreed with it.

2. From which position (or perspective) does the author claim to write in her analysis of feminism and its social manifestations?
(a) From a religious perspective.
(b) From a foreign perspective.
(c) From the margins.
(d) From an elite position.

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

4. Overall, what does the author think about the effects of the feminist movement?
(a) The feminist movement has not changed the educational landscape.
(b) It has created amazing changes in the lives of girls and boys, and women and men.
(c) It has not done enough to reach out to both genders.
(d) The movement has had positive effects, but mostly in the academic world.

5. How does the author support her claims about the reception of black women's efforts in the early feminist movement?
(a) She does not support her claims with evidence.
(b) She cites anecdotal evidence based on personal experience.
(c) She presents statistical research.
(d) She presents a series of interviews that she conducted.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Preface to the second edition (2000), how does the author describe the original reception of her book?

2. What has desensitized women and men to violence in the author's view?

3. What was the shared feeling that helped define sisterhood in the early years of the movement, according to the author?

4. What major difference between white and black men does the author point out?

5. According to the author, who originally defined "sisterhood" in the feminist movement?

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