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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assertion does the author make about lower and middle class women and power?
(a) They have followed creative and life-affirming models of power.
(b) They have given up on attaining any power in their lives.
(c) They feel comfortable with the power hierarchy.
(d) They do not have the time to create new models of power.

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

3. What has happened as a result of the form taken by the majority of feminist writing?
(a) More women have been attracted to the movement.
(b) Many uneducated women have been excluded.
(c) Many women have seen the writing as impractical.
(d) Younger women have been able to relate to feminist writing with more ease.

4. How did early feminists, and society at the time, view housework?
(a) As an ideal job.
(b) As something a woman cannot escape.
(c) As demeaning.
(d) As relatively easy work.

5. What is the author's opinion of the early feminist belief about creating change?
(a) It was not idealistic enough.
(b) It was both idealistic and unrealistic.
(c) It was very forceful.
(d) It was too pessimistic.

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

7. Which one of the following ideas does not appear in the author's discussion of strategies for dealing with accepted beliefs about motherhood?
(a) Men must be encouraged to practice parenting.
(b) Parenting must also take place outside the home.
(c) Men should be the breadwinners, not the caregivers.
(d) Men must be encouraged to believe that they are capable of good parenting.

8. What change in attitudes towards work does the author propose in Chapter Seven.
(a) From a purely money-oriented activity to an activity that enables, and enriches, life.
(b) People need to try new career paths.
(c) From a male-dominated sphere to a woman-dominated sphere.
(d) Society needs to discourage too much focus on work.

9. What ideas about parenting does the author initially discuss?
(a) Feminist ideas about parenting.
(b) Parenting in American television sitcoms.
(c) Same sex couples' ideas about parenting.
(d) European ideas of parenting.

10. What reason does the author give for lower and middle class women's relationship with power?
(a) They work all the time.
(b) They need further political education.
(c) They have met with a lot of defeat.
(d) They have lived in circumstances that required self-reliance, rather than dependency.

11. How does consumerism relate to the author's discussion of power?
(a) Combatting consumerism is a positive manifestation of women's power.
(b) It does not come up in her discussion at all.
(c) Feminists should tap into consumer culture to gain power.
(d) Feminists should not be distracted from fighting sexism by focusing on resisting consumerism.

12. How does the author characterize the majority of feminist writing?
(a) As utopian.
(b) As accessible to most literate women.
(c) As intellectual, academic and/or theoretical.
(d) As naive and uncritical.

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

14. How does the author present education in the title of Chapter Eight
(a) As a dilemma.
(b) As a teen agenda.
(c) As a feminist agenda.
(d) As as a class agenda.

15. Besides spreading feminism and its goals, what else would be accomplished by the action promoted by the author?
(a) Less boredom and frustration.
(b) The dispelling of stereotypes.
(c) The creation of new woman-owned franchises.
(d) A better sense of current events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What observations does the author make about women and the practice of violence?

2. What represents true sexual liberty for the author?

3. What does the author suggest about many successful feminists and their relationship with power?

4. How should feminists behave towards consumerism, according to the author?

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

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