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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Mainstream media.
(c) Literature.
(d) Television.

3. 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) Intolerance thinkers.
(d) Impressionist thinkers.

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

5. What did hooks see as the basis that would ultimately undermine sexism and overthrow patriarchy?
(a) The bonding of the working-class women.
(b) Sisterhood.
(c) Children.
(d) Upper class women.

6. Betty Friedan's book focused on which type of woman?
(a) Business women.
(b) Housewives.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Teachers.

7. According to hooks, who should have access to safe and affordable abortions?
(a) All women.
(b) Black women.
(c) Young women.
(d) Privileged women.

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

9. What does hooks propose the public does to avoid passing on misinformation about feminism?
(a) Hire more strong female teachers.
(b) Hold feminist group meetings on school campus.
(c) Change school curriculum.
(d) Separate boys and girls in classrooms.

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

11. Which group of women struggled most as a result of lower wages, according to hooks?
(a) Lower class women.
(b) Privileged women.
(c) White women.
(d) Black women.

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

13. According to hooks, what gave permission for female bonding?
(a) Equal wages.
(b) Powerful men.
(c) The business world.
(d) Feminist movement.

14. What forced the shoe industry to produce low-heeled business shoes, according to hooks?
(a) Some women decided not to wear heeled shoes.
(b) Studies showed they were detrimental to a woman's ability to work.
(c) Studies showed they were detrimental to health.
(d) Businesses banned them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks claims that which of the following would diminish the necessity for abortions?

2. According to hooks, women's acceptance of their bodies has allowed them to accept what process?

3. As a result of which group's presence, according to hooks, is male domination expected?

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

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

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