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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sisterhood Is Still Powerful.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the professor who handed out one of hooks' poems?
(a) An anonymous woman.
(b) Abigail Adams.
(c) Diane Middlebrook.
(d) Tillie Olsen.

2. Which field did hooks claim the reformist movement focused on?
(a) Politics.
(b) Law enforcement.
(c) Education.
(d) Business.

3. How does hooks' "sisterhood" occur?
(a) Women must stop dominating each other.
(b) Women must stop participating in societal patriarchy.
(c) Women must start loving each other.
(d) Women must stop loving men.

4. What reason does hooks give for why some women adopted feminist jargon without understanding it?
(a) To support and advocate feminism.
(b) To further their careers.
(c) To fit in with their friends.
(d) To show intolerance of feminism.

5. Hooks believes that young women growing up at the time the book was written will feel that what issue is no longer a problem?
(a) Ageism.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Sexual harassment.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as gaining power by the exploitation of others?

2. Who, according to hooks, ended up slowing progress because they did not deal with their own internalized sexism?

3. According to hooks, who did the media focus on when it came to feminist issues?

4. Hooks claims that when consciousness-raising groups re-emerge, who must be included?

5. Who were hooks' alleged stars of the feminist movement early on?

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