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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. Anorexia and compulsive overeating are both described by hooks as being diseases with roots in lack of which of the following?
(a) Body weight.
(b) Self-worth.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Confidence.

2. Hooks claimed that women wanted to be seen most favorably by who?
(a) Their peers.
(b) Their children.
(c) Men who controlled them.
(d) Women who supported them.

3. Hooks claims that which of the following would diminish the necessity for abortions?
(a) Religious groups.
(b) Abstinence education.
(c) Education about domestic abuse.
(d) Access to contraceptives.

4. Hooks claims that when consciousness-raising groups re-emerge, who must be included?
(a) Government.
(b) Men.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

5. Which of the following is most commonplace to hooks?
(a) Anorexia.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Manic depression.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a result of fashion taking notice of women's demands in attire?

2. Hooks reports that which group was most displaced by high-profile women being put in the spotlight of the feminist movement?

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 woman seems to fill up fashion magazine advertisements, according to hooks?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did industries change as a result of changing women?

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

5. How did hooks believe that some women actually slowed down progress?

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

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

8. Which women had more access to contraceptives and abortions with the onset of the sexual revolution?

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

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

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