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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hooks reports that which group was most displaced by high-profile women being put in the spotlight of the feminist movement?
(a) Feminist reformists.
(b) Lesbians.
(c) Feminist revolutionaries.
(d) Working-class women.

3. 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.

4. The third goal of feminism is which of the following, according to bell hooks?
(a) To end oppression.
(b) To end racism.
(c) To end hatred.
(d) To end intolerance.

5. Hooks describes which decade as having a resurgence of obsession with appearance?
(a) 2000s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1970s.

6. Which of the following began to overshadow feminist politics, according to hooks?
(a) Racism.
(b) Tourism.
(c) Business.
(d) Careerism.

7. Which groups took the most issue with abortion and contraception?
(a) Liberal groups.
(b) Atheist groups.
(c) Patriarchal groups.
(d) Christian groups.

8. The advent of no-fault divorces tended to favor who, according to hooks?
(a) Women.
(b) Whites.
(c) The government.
(d) Men.

9. What type of funding does hooks suggest is a goal for the feminist movement in order to read a broad and diverse audience?
(a) Feminist TV network.
(b) Feminist films.
(c) Feminist publishing company.
(d) Feminist websites.

10. The feminist movement urged universities to rediscover what related to women and include it in their curriculum?
(a) Math.
(b) Writing.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

11. Hooks claims that which group is trying to remove women's studies courses?
(a) Mormons.
(b) Christians.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Liberals.

12. According to hooks, who needed to cede their self-appointed ownership of feminism?
(a) Elderly women.
(b) Black women.
(c) White men.
(d) White women.

13. Anorexia and compulsive overeating are both described by hooks as being diseases with roots in lack of which of the following?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Body weight.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Self-worth.

14. When was Ain't I a Woman published?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1991.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1971.

15. How did the basic tenets of feminism emerge, as told from hooks' perspective?
(a) Through discrimination and intolerance.
(b) Through reformist and revolutionary thinking.
(c) Through faithfulness to the cause.
(d) Through debates and disagreements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second factor that hooks alleges will diminish the necessity for abortions?

2. Which university did hooks attend?

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

4. Which of the following is most commonplace to hooks?

5. According to the text, who runs mass media?

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