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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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 ages of women.
(c) Solidarity among all races of women.
(d) Solidarity among men and women.

2. What reason does hooks give for why some women adopted feminist jargon without understanding it?
(a) To fit in with their friends.
(b) To further their careers.
(c) To support and advocate feminism.
(d) To show intolerance of feminism.

3. Where were the earliest feminist meetings held?
(a) In government buildings.
(b) In classrooms.
(c) In the homes of activists.
(d) In town halls.

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

5. When did hooks learn about feminist politics?
(a) Before she attended elementary school.
(b) When she started writing books.
(c) Before she took feminist classes.
(d) After she graduated from college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks describes which decade as having a resurgence of obsession with appearance?

2. In what type of society is every voice heard, according to hooks?

3. What is associated with the sexual revolution?

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

5. In which classes at her university did hooks feel the most support?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does hooks say that a feminist is made, not born?

2. What effect did The Feminine Mystique have on feminism?

3. In the 1960s, how did women show they were not constantly worried about being accepted by men for their appearance?

4. What did hooks describe as being the consequences of unwanted pregnancies?

5. Describe the challenges to abortion rights brought by Christian groups.

6. What differences between same-sex and co-ed classes did hooks notice?

7. How did female bonding play a role in the feminist movement from hooks' perspective?

8. What has become more accepted by women as it becomes more acceptable for women to accept their bodies?

9. How does hooks think the feminist movement hope to reach a broad and diverse audience?

10. What did hooks mean when she said that feminism's greatest foe included the "enemy within"?

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