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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The third goal of feminism is which of the following, according to bell hooks?
(a) To end oppression.
(b) To end intolerance.
(c) To end hatred.
(d) To end racism.

2. According to hooks, which type of activists were among the first to put a voice to inequities in an understandable language?
(a) Activists who were mothers.
(b) Male activists.
(c) Teenage activists.
(d) Lesbian activists.

3. Hooks claims that focusing on what type of rights is necessary to protect the freedom of women?
(a) Reproductive rights.
(b) Career rights.
(c) Sexual rights.
(d) Educational rights.

4. In what decade were women's studies on a solid course toward acceptance?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1970s.

5. How does misinformation spread, in hooks' point of view?
(a) Literature.
(b) Mass media.
(c) Art.
(d) Education.

6. What decade did the book Ain't I a Woman address?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 2000s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.

7. What forced the shoe industry to produce low-heeled business shoes, according to hooks?
(a) Some women decided not to wear heeled shoes.
(b) Studies showed they were detrimental to a woman's ability to work.
(c) Businesses banned them.
(d) Studies showed they were detrimental to health.

8. What did hooks see as the basis that would ultimately undermine sexism and overthrow patriarchy?
(a) Children.
(b) Upper class women.
(c) The bonding of the working-class women.
(d) Sisterhood.

9. According to hooks, who lost their jobs in the 1970s?
(a) Custodians.
(b) Students.
(c) Factory workers.
(d) College professors.

10. According to hooks, what gave permission for female bonding?
(a) Powerful men.
(b) Equal wages.
(c) Feminist movement.
(d) The business world.

11. Hooks claimed that for feminism to regain momentum, what must be available for the masses, especially the young?
(a) Feminist groups and clubs.
(b) Career opportunities.
(c) Educational opportunities.
(d) Literature.

12. Who were hooks' alleged stars of the feminist movement early on?
(a) Black women.
(b) White women.
(c) Children.
(d) White men.

13. Betty Friedan's book focused on which type of woman?
(a) Housewives.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Business women.
(d) Teenagers.

14. What does hooks describe as one of feminism's greatest foes?
(a) Children.
(b) Christians.
(c) Men.
(d) The "enemy within."

15. Who sought out dangerous, illegal abortions, according to hooks?
(a) Minorities.
(b) White women.
(c) Black women.
(d) Poor and black women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks describes which decade as having a resurgence of obsession with appearance?

2. According to hooks, who should have access to safe and affordable abortions?

3. What type of woman seems to fill up fashion magazine advertisements, according to hooks?

4. The advent of no-fault divorces tended to favor who, according to hooks?

5. Which field did hooks claim the reformist movement focused on?

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