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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 claims that which group is trying to remove women's studies courses?

2. The advent of no-fault divorces tended to favor who, according to hooks?

3. What decade did the book Ain't I a Woman address?

4. Who, according to hooks, ended up slowing progress because they did not deal with their own internalized sexism?

5. When feminism first began, hooks explains that which of the following was the second group feminism was split between?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does hooks believe caused the displacement of feminist revolutionaries?

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

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

4. How did the mass media portray feminists?

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

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

7. How does hooks think the feminist movement hope to reach a broad and diverse audience?

8. How did conflict result as a matter of class and race in feminism?

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

10. How did industries change as a result of changing women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between patriarchal violence and domestic violent according to hooks? Why does hooks prefer to use the term patriarchal violence? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What does hooks mean when she says that one of feminism's greatest foes was the "enemy within"? Do you agree with her on this issue? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Does hooks provide sufficient evidence to convince you as a reader that the feminist movement can end all forms of oppression and sexism? Why or why not?

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