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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hooks makes it clear that a "woman-identified woman" was not synonymous with which of the following?
(a) Woman.
(b) Man.
(c) White woman.
(d) Lesbian.

2. Who was stereotyped and broadly given a sexist identity, according to hooks?
(a) Black men.
(b) White men.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

3. What is the other term that hooks uses to describe domestic violence?
(a) Male on female violence.
(b) Patriarchal violence.
(c) Family violence.
(d) Hate violence.

4. Which of the following is not a result of bad relationships, according to hooks?
(a) Unhappy women.
(b) Lack of sex.
(c) Unwanted pregnancies.
(d) Child abuse.

5. What kind of activists were conflicted about the inclusion of spirituality in the feminist movement?
(a) Religious activists.
(b) Liberal activists.
(c) Atheist activists.
(d) Conservative activists.

6. Hooks used this term to describe the feminist view of men that is not threatening.
(a) Emasculated men.
(b) Feminist testosterone.
(c) Feminine men,
(d) Feminist masculinity.

7. Many feared that radical feminists wanted men to become which of the following?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Emasculated.
(c) Uncaring.
(d) Homosexual.

8. What system allows dominance to survive, according to hooks?
(a) Racist sytem.
(b) Capitalist system.
(c) Patriarchal system.
(d) Socialist system.

9. Hooks attributes who to contributing to young boys' distorted view of what defines masculinity when it came to feminist parenting?
(a) Fathers.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Brothers.

10. Who does hooks specifically say should be paid more?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Stay at home mothers.
(c) Business women.
(d) Teachers.

11. What does hooks describe as the anti-feminist backlash that is most damaging to children?
(a) The idea that men should never work at home.
(b) The idea that women should have many children.
(c) The idea that women should not be free to work outside the home.
(d) The idea that it is dysfunctional for children to be raised in household where a mother is the head.

12. Who is most prominent to hooks as paving the way for reconsideration of racist issues for society?
(a) Black activists.
(b) White leaders.
(c) Black men.
(d) Hispanic women.

13. What seems to be lacking in availability to men to help secure an identity not related to sexism and domination, according to hooks?
(a) Job security.
(b) Social outlets.
(c) Government programs.
(d) Educational venues.

14. Feminism teaches that the only relationships between men and women that can survive are those in which both support which of the following?
(a) Radical roles.
(b) Patriarchy.
(c) Traditional roles.
(d) Feminism.

15. What message does hooks attribute some feminists as being reluctant to send?
(a) That the oppressor was always bad.
(b) That the oppressor was part of the movement.
(c) That the feminist movement did not welcome new members.
(d) That men were not allowed to be feminists.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to hooks, who are still socially isolated from each other?

2. According to hooks, who knew the plight of the black woman better than anybody?

3. According to hooks, where do sex clubs exist that feminists should be concerned with?

4. Hooks' description of domestic violence is connected to what kind of domination?

5. What does the word misogyny relate to?

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