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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Feminist Education for Critical Consciousness.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what decade were women's studies on a solid course toward acceptance?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

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

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, who is feminism not targeting?
(a) Men.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Children.
(d) Whites.

Short Answer Questions

1. The feminist movement urged universities to rediscover what related to women and include it in their curriculum?

2. In the 1970s, which movement was most powerful in hooks' opinion?

3. According to hooks, what gave permission for female bonding?

4. According to hooks, who lost their jobs in the 1970s?

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

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