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

2. According to hooks, who are still socially isolated from each other?
(a) Black women and all other women.
(b) White women and all other women.
(c) Black women and white women.
(d) Hispanic women and white women.

3. According to many reformist thinkers, what made a woman liberated?
(a) If they had their own money.
(b) If they had a job.
(c) If they had children.
(d) If they were happy.

4. Who does hooks seem to blame most for sweeping the issue of race under the rug?
(a) Black men.
(b) Black women.
(c) White men.
(d) White women.

5. In the 1960s, what fraction of America's women were working?
(a) 2/5.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

Short Answer Questions

1. As hooks described, "man-identified woman" would readily give up her activism if it threatened a relationship with who?

2. According to hooks, what changed the face of the feminist movement more than any other factor?

3. Hooks' description of domestic violence is connected to what kind of domination?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship did white feminists have to feminism in other parts of the world, according to hooks?

2. What were the benefits of sexual liberation, according to hooks?

3. What is the difference between a "woman-identified woman" and a "man-identified woman"?

4. Hooks claims that what changed the face of the feminist movement more than any other factor and why?

5. Hooks claims that patriarchal violence is based on what beliefs?

6. Describe a scenario in which somebody shows that patriarchal violence is acceptable.

7. What role does spirituality and religion play in feminism?

8. When were black women finally able to voice their problems with racism in the feminist movement, according to hooks?

9. What are two practices hooks described as originating from sexism and misogyny?

10. What types of violence constitute patriarchal violence?

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