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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. Hooks states that the first goal of feminism is which of the following?

2. What did women come face to face with most with the onset of the sexual revolution?

3. Hooks believes that young women growing up at the time the book was written will feel that what issue is no longer a problem?

4. According to hooks, who should have access to safe and affordable abortions?

5. What types of abortions have anti-abortion movement groups targeted most?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the differences between reformist thinkers and revolutionary thinkers?

2. How did the mass media portray feminists?

3. What has become more accepted by women as it becomes more acceptable for women to accept their bodies?

4. What convinced black feminists that the feminist movement was a "white power grab," according to hooks?

5. How did professors help hooks and other students?

6. Which movement does hooks describe as being most intense in the 1970s?

7. Describe the challenges to abortion rights brought by Christian groups.

8. Hooks claimed that in order for feminism to regain momentum, what is essential?

9. What types of policies, according to hooks, caused women and children to suffer abuse at the hands of existing patriarchy?

10. What did the feminist movement encourage for education?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the feminist movement struggle so much to build consciousness and awareness? What suggestions does hooks offer? Are they valid? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Hooks claims what were the effects of the sexual revolution on contraception and abortion?

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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