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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. Hooks states that the first goal of feminism is which of the following?
(a) To end sexism.
(b) To end oppression of children.
(c) To end racism.
(d) To begin wage wars.

2. According to hooks, who lost their jobs in the 1970s?
(a) Students.
(b) College professors.
(c) Factory workers.
(d) Custodians.

3. Which of the following is a consequence hooks describes as resulting from the fashion industry?
(a) Causing depression.
(b) Poor economy.
(c) Ruining self-esteem.
(d) Immoral women.

4. What is defined as gaining power by the exploitation of others?
(a) Power feminism.
(b) True feminism.
(c) Reformist feminism.
(d) Intolerable feminism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the book Betty Friedan wrote?

2. In the 1970s, which movement was most powerful in hooks' opinion?

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

4. When feminism first began, hooks explains that which of the following was the second group feminism was split between?

5. When feminism first began, which of the following was the first group feminism was split between, as explained by hooks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Hooks claimed that in order for feminism to regain momentum, what is essential?

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

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

9. Why does hooks feel that white females were the first leaders of the feminist movement?

10. Which movement does hooks describe as being most intense in the 1970s?

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