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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 type of impact does hooks see visionary lesbians as having on the feminist movement?
(a) Positive.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Wavering.
(d) Negative.

2. Without addressing the issue of racism in the minds of white feminist leaders, why would feminism be doomed in hooks' perspective?
(a) There would be no possibility for liberation.
(b) There would be no possibility to break down the bonds of patriarchy.
(c) There would be no possibility of feminism continuing on.
(d) There would be no possibility for sisterhood.

3. Early feminists looked to the spiritual works of a mystic named which of the following?
(a) Judith.
(b) Joslyn.
(c) Jaylyn.
(d) Julian.

4. In a culture of domination, everyone is taught to accept violence as a means of what?
(a) Control.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Submission.
(d) Love.

5. Hooks claimed that many women stay in bad relationships for what reason?
(a) They wanted to prove to their parents they could make a relationship work.
(b) They were unaware of divorce.
(c) They couldn't afford to live on their own.
(d) They were in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did hooks describe as joining the feminist movement out of natural progression?

2. Which of the following is the definition given for domestic violence?

3. Hooks proposed that more work needs to be done with the relationships between what kinds of women?

4. What movement rose when anti-feminist thinking gave rise?

5. Hooks claims that sexism could only be eliminated when men realized which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What wisdom does hooks find that lesbians brought to the feminist movement?

3. What impact did hooks describe visionary lesbians having on the feminist movement?

4. What are the consequences hooks describes of lacking sexual liberation?

5. How have men suffered from the patriarchal system, according to hooks?

6. Hooks claims that women who stayed at home often felt which way?

7. According to hooks, what still needs to be done for racial relations?

8. What types of violence constitute patriarchal violence?

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

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

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