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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to hooks, what led many women to think they could establish the feminist agenda for women all over the world?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Compassion.

2. What kind of religions did many feminists look to in the early days of the movement?
(a) Asian religions.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Western religions.
(d) Eastern religions.

3. According to hooks, which forms of violence must be fought against?
(a) Male on female violence.
(b) Parent on child violence.
(c) All forms of violence.
(d) Female on female violence.

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

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

6. How did some feminists react to younger black women deflecting attention from sexism to racism, according to hooks?
(a) The black women were applauded but their ideas were ignored.
(b) The black women were called traitors.
(c) The black women were considered heroes.
(d) The black women were ignored.

7. Hooks claims that sexism could only be eliminated when men realized which of the following?
(a) They do not have to be masculine.
(b) They do not have to hate women.
(c) They do not have to love all women.
(d) They do not have to be dominant over anyone.

8. Hooks claimed that many women stay in bad relationships for what reason?
(a) They couldn't afford to live on their own.
(b) They were in love.
(c) They were unaware of divorce.
(d) They wanted to prove to their parents they could make a relationship work.

9. Hooks proposes that men and women should be given state aid for how long while they pursue a career?
(a) 2 years.
(b) Less than a year.
(c) 1 year.
(d) While they are in college.

10. Where does female circumcision occur as mentioned in the text?
(a) Asia.
(b) Canada.
(c) America.
(d) Africa.

11. According to hooks, working women received mixed messages from who?
(a) Revolutionist thinkers.
(b) Reformist thinkers.
(c) Students.
(d) Men.

12. Hooks said that which of the following did some women begin to understand that resulted in the focus of feminism shifting away from just the rights of privileged women?
(a) The position of black men.
(b) The position of white women.
(c) The position of children.
(d) The position of the black female.

13. Who or what are the victims of the patriarchal system hooks' describes?
(a) Education.
(b) Men and women.
(c) Children.
(d) The economy.

14. Who does hooks claim will feel more entitled to maintain control by any means?
(a) Those with no power.
(b) Those who want power.
(c) Those who can never have power.
(d) Those in power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does hooks attribute some feminists as being reluctant to send?

2. Freer-thinking younger generation black women in which decades felt free to confront white feminists about racism from hooks' perspective?

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

4. Hooks describes which of the following as being the best example of anti-sexism thinking provided to children through the efforts of feminism?

5. Hooks used this term to describe the feminist view of men that is not threatening.

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