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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. According to hooks, what changed the face of the feminist movement more than any other factor?
(a) The demand that feminism address oppression.
(b) The demand that feminism address sexism.
(c) The demand that feminism address race.
(d) The demand that feminism address ageism.

2. According to hooks, who knew the plight of the black woman better than anybody?
(a) Activists during the civil war.
(b) Activists in the civil rights movement.
(c) White women who faced sexism at work.
(d) Activists during the 1980s.

3. It did not take women long to recognize that sexual liberation and which of the following were not the same, according to hooks?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Promiscuity.

4. What type of relationships does feminism place the emphasis on, according to hooks?
(a) Tyrannical and patriarchal.
(b) Religious and spiritual.
(c) Equal and satisfying.
(d) Fun and casual.

5. Hooks proposes that men and women should be given state aid for how long while they pursue a career?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) Less than a year.
(d) While they are in college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks describes women as being veiled in which countries?

2. In the 1960s, what fraction of America's women were working?

3. Hooks describes which of the following as being the best example of anti-sexism thinking provided to children through the efforts of feminism?

4. According to hooks, what did privileged-class white women expect lower classes and blacks to be in the feminist movement?

5. What type of man does hooks describe as feeling unimportant and out of control?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the conservative press tend to say about feminists?

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

4. Why were many radical feminists allegedly dismayed by their leaders?

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

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

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

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

9. What is required for women to be liberated from Hooks' perspective?

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

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