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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does hooks give for why some women adopted feminist jargon without understanding it?

2. When was Ain't I a Woman published?

3. How did the basic tenets of feminism emerge, as told from hooks' perspective?

4. Hooks claimed that what needs a restart?

5. For centuries, what were women taught that their worth was, according to hooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did hooks describe as the two most important contributions to feminism?

2. According to hooks, what is the ideal situation for women in terms of reproductive rights?

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

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

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

6. How did female bonding play a role in the feminist movement from hooks' perspective?

7. What did hooks describe as being the consequences of unwanted pregnancies?

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

9. How did professors help hooks and other students?

10. What did hooks mean when she said that feminism's greatest foe included the "enemy within"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does spirituality play in the feminist movement that hooks portrays? Why might spirituality in the feminist movement provide conflict?

Essay Topic 2

What are the goals of feminism according to hooks? How do feminists seek to accomplish the goals that the movement has set in the way hooks portrays these events? Why are these goals important?

Essay Topic 3

How does hooks define feminist masculinity? What role does feminist masculinity play in modern feminism and in general?

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