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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. Which type of woman does hooks describe as having the options of both contraceptives and abortions?
(a) White women.
(b) Privileged women.
(c) Poor women.
(d) Black women.

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

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

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

5. In which classes at her university did hooks feel the most support?
(a) Science.
(b) Women's studies.
(c) Literature.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Anorexia and compulsive overeating are both described by hooks as being diseases with roots in lack of which of the following?

3. What was the second type of new policy that hooks' claims as creating a new underclass of women and children who suffered as a result of patriarchy?

4. What type of funding does hooks suggest is a goal for the feminist movement in order to read a broad and diverse audience?

5. Hooks claims that focusing on what type of rights is necessary to protect the freedom of women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What types of policies, according to hooks, caused women and children to suffer abuse at the hands of existing patriarchy?

5. According to hooks, what are the goals of feminism?

6. What did the feminist movement encourage for education?

7. What convinced black feminists that the feminist movement was a "white power grab," according to hooks?

8. According to hooks, what is the ideal situation for women in terms of reproductive rights?

9. What role does power feminism play in the downfall of feminism, according to hooks?

10. What are the differences between reformist thinkers and revolutionary thinkers?

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