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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Feminist Masculinity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As opportunities grew for women, what type of solidarity began to wither, from hooks' perspective?
(a) Solidarity among all classes of women.
(b) Solidarity among all races of women.
(c) Solidarity among men and women.
(d) Solidarity among all ages of women.

2. Who sought out dangerous, illegal abortions, according to hooks?
(a) Black women.
(b) Poor and black women.
(c) Minorities.
(d) White women.

3. Without addressing the issue of racism in the minds of white feminist leaders, why would feminism be doomed in hooks' perspective?
(a) There would be no possibility of feminism continuing on.
(b) There would be no possibility for liberation.
(c) There would be no possibility for sisterhood.
(d) There would be no possibility to break down the bonds of patriarchy.

4. What do some women blame for forcing them into the workforce, according to Hooks?
(a) Education.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Men.
(d) The economy.

5. What was the name of the book Betty Friedan wrote?
(a) The Feminist Manifesto.
(b) The Feminine Mystique.
(c) Becoming a Feminist.
(d) Feminists and Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. From hooks' point of view, why did many conservative presses consistently present feminists as "man haters"?

2. What type of man does hooks describe as feeling unimportant and out of control?

3. What was the second type of new policy that hooks' claims as creating a new underclass of women and children who suffered as a result of patriarchy?

4. According to hooks, who undermines the feminist movement by disingenuously making claim to it?

5. What did some members of the media do to feed into the nation's homophobia?

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