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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to hooks, who are still socially isolated from each other?
(a) Black women and white women.
(b) Hispanic women and white women.
(c) Black women and all other women.
(d) White women and all other women.

2. What do some women blame for forcing them into the workforce, according to Hooks?
(a) Education.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Men.
(d) The economy.

3. Hooks' description of domestic violence is connected to what kind of domination?
(a) Female domination.
(b) Child domination.
(c) Male domination.
(d) Racist domination.

4. According to hooks, what led many women to think they could establish the feminist agenda for women all over the world?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Compassion.

5. As hooks described, "man-identified woman" would readily give up her activism if it threatened a relationship with who?
(a) Family.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) Children.

6. Which of the following did hooks describe as a barrier to the spread of feminism?
(a) Patriarchal religion.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Conservativism.
(d) Atheism.

7. Early feminists looked to the spiritual works of a mystic named which of the following?
(a) Judith.
(b) Jaylyn.
(c) Julian.
(d) Joslyn.

8. Hooks claims that sexism could only be eliminated when men realized which of the following?
(a) They do not have to be masculine.
(b) They do not have to love all women.
(c) They do not have to be dominant over anyone.
(d) They do not have to hate women.

9. Which of the following is not a result of bad relationships, according to hooks?
(a) Unwanted pregnancies.
(b) Child abuse.
(c) Lack of sex.
(d) Unhappy women.

10. Which of the following is described by hooks as ending once the patriarchal system has been abolished?
(a) Pain.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Hatred.

11. Which of the following is not an example of domestic violence?
(a) A man punches a stranger on the street.
(b) A lesbian woman punches her lover.
(c) A man punches his son.
(d) A man punches his wife.

12. Hooks claims there is a link between domestic violence and what?
(a) Ageism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Militarism.
(d) Racism.

13. Without addressing the issue of racism in the minds of white feminist leaders, why would feminism be doomed in hooks' perspective?
(a) There would be no possibility for liberation.
(b) There would be no possibility for sisterhood.
(c) There would be no possibility to break down the bonds of patriarchy.
(d) There would be no possibility of feminism continuing on.

14. What type of women were typically reformist thinkers, in hooks' opinion?
(a) Radical women.
(b) High-class women.
(c) Black women.
(d) Low-class women.

15. What kind of religions did many feminists look to in the early days of the movement?
(a) Eastern religions.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Western religions.
(d) Asian religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to hooks, what liberates women?

2. In a culture of domination, everyone is taught to accept violence as a means of what?

3. What system allows dominance to survive, according to hooks?

4. Great concern exists among feminists for the plight of women in which countries?

5. Hooks claimed that she was how old when she began confronting the issue of racism and demanding change?

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