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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 does the word misogyny relate to?
(a) Homophobia.
(b) Fear of marriage.
(c) Racism.
(d) Sexism.

2. Great concern exists among feminists for the plight of women in which countries?
(a) South American countries.
(b) Asian countries.
(c) Middle eastern countries.
(d) Third-world countries.

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

4. Where are more women allegedly beaten and murdered?
(a) In shelters.
(b) Inside their homes.
(c) On the streets.
(d) While running daily errands.

5. According to hooks, who began engaging in sadomasochistic behavior, driving heterosexual women to turn to patriarchal models of sexual freedom?
(a) Feminists.
(b) Radical lesbians.
(c) Men.
(d) Conservatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other term that hooks uses to describe domestic violence?

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

3. From hooks' point of view, why did many conservative presses consistently present feminists as "man haters"?

4. What type of relationships does feminism place the emphasis on, according to hooks?

5. According to hooks, what led many women to think they could establish the feminist agenda for women all over the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some important issues that feminists are concerned with in countries that are not the United States of America?

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

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

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

6. How did many white feminists react to black women pointing out racism within the feminist movement?

7. What types of violence constitute patriarchal violence?

8. What were some of the problems that hooks witnessed with feminist parenting?

9. What productive suggestions does hooks make for employment?

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

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