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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. Who encouraged her students to think first about the fate of women from working-class backgrounds?
(a) Abigail Adams.
(b) Diane Middlebrook.
(c) bell hooks.
(d) Tillie Olsen.

2. When feminism first began, which of the following was the first group feminism was split between, as explained by hooks?
(a) Faulty thinkers.
(b) Reformist thinkers.
(c) Impressionist thinkers.
(d) Intolerance thinkers.

3. 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) Literature.
(b) Mainstream media.
(c) Universities and colleges.
(d) Television.

4. Hooks claimed that women wanted to be seen most favorably by who?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their peers.
(c) Women who supported them.
(d) Men who controlled them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks describe as one of feminism's greatest foes?

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

3. In which classes at her university did hooks feel the most support?

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

5. In what decade were women's studies on a solid course toward acceptance?

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