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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Women at Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hooks claims that if men fully understood the negativity caused by sexism in our society, what would never be able to avoid the true goal of feminism?
(a) Television.
(b) Universities and colleges.
(c) Literature.
(d) Mainstream media.

2. Which type of feminist did hooks consider to be most distrusting?
(a) Hispanic feminists.
(b) Male feminists.
(c) Black feminists.
(d) White feminists.

3. 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) Teenage activists.
(c) Lesbian activists.
(d) Male activists.

4. How did the basic tenets of feminism emerge, as told from hooks' perspective?
(a) Through debates and disagreements.
(b) Through faithfulness to the cause.
(c) Through discrimination and intolerance.
(d) Through reformist and revolutionary thinking.

5. According to hooks, what liberates women?
(a) Economic self-sufficiency.
(b) Men's ideals.
(c) Having reproductive rights.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Feminist liberation can only be a reality with societal shifts in what field, according to hooks?

2. Hooks proposes that men and women should be given state aid for how long while they pursue a career?

3. What does hooks propose the public does to avoid passing on misinformation about feminism?

4. In what type of society is every voice heard, according to hooks?

5. Hooks claims that powerful men were threatened by which group of people?

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