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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which groups took the most issue with abortion and contraception?
2. Hooks describes that what was the first type of new policy that created a new underclass of women and children who suffered as a result of patriarchy?
3. According to hooks, what gave permission for female bonding?
4. In which decade did many women begin to choose not to wear bras and girdles?
5. What does hooks describe as one of feminism's greatest foes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which women had more access to contraceptives and abortions with the onset of the sexual revolution?
2. In the 1960s, how did women show they were not constantly worried about being accepted by men for their appearance?
3. What did hooks describe as the two most important contributions to feminism?
4. Why does hooks feel that white females were the first leaders of the feminist movement?
5. What has become more accepted by women as it becomes more acceptable for women to accept their bodies?
6. What does hooks believe caused the displacement of feminist revolutionaries?
7. How did the mass media portray feminists?
8. According to hooks, what is the ideal situation for women in terms of reproductive rights?
9. How did industries change as a result of changing women?
10. What role does power feminism play in the downfall of feminism, according to hooks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the feminist movement struggle so much to build consciousness and awareness? What suggestions does hooks offer? Are they valid? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
How does hooks define sexism and oppression? Do you think that sexism and oppression have the same presence in modern culture as in the past? Why or why not? What does hooks seem to think, and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
How and why was literature significant to the feminist movement in the way that hooks portrays it? How did literature written by women contribute to the end of gender bias in curricula?
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