1. In what type of society is every voice heard, according to hooks?
(a) Revolutionary society.
(b) Feminist society.
(c) Patriarchal society.
(d) Neutral society.

2. In which decade did many women begin to choose not to wear bras and girdles?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

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

4. What did women come face to face with most with the onset of the sexual revolution?
(a) Unwanted pregnancy.
(b) Sexual assault.
(c) Freedom from oppression.
(d) Sexually transmitted diseases.

5. Hooks saw that some white leaders were at first resistant to including the struggles of what type of women in shaping feminist thought?
(a) Black women.
(b) Teenage women.
(c) Hispanic women.
(d) Elderly women.

Short Answer 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?

2. According to hooks, who is feminism not targeting?

3. When was Ain't I a Woman published?

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

5. What was the name of the professor who handed out one of hooks' poems?

(see the answer key)

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