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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of Chapter Twelve, "Feminist Revolution: Development through Struggle," refers to which of the following ideas?
(a) That the feminist movement must struggle for the benefit of developing countries.
(b) That feminist-oriented change is achieved through perseverance and hard work.
(c) The feminist revolution will only be won via armed struggle.
(d) Feminists create change by holding serious debates.

2. What represents true sexual liberty for the author?
(a) Unrestricted heterosexual relations.
(b) Same sex relations.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Ending sexual oppression and sexism.

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

4. What is the author's central theory about the nature (and practice) of violence against women?
(a) Women invite violence by the way they dress.
(b) It is a manifestation and perpetuation of traditional patriarchal thought that men are powerful and women are victims.
(c) It is a result of women entering the workforce in large numbers.
(d) It is an innate part of male biology.

5. 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) Work was not part of their list of concerns at the time.
(c) They agreed with it.
(d) It alienated them from feminism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the author's opinion, how did early feminists view violence against women?

3. What group of women are left out but really stand to benefit more from feminist thought?

4. What do these accepted beliefs about motherhood manifest for the author?

5. What was the early feminist belief about creating change according to the author?

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