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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. Which university did hooks attend?

2. Feminist liberation can only be a reality with societal shifts in what field, according to hooks?

3. What forced the shoe industry to produce low-heeled business shoes, according to hooks?

4. According to the text, who runs mass media?

5. What was the name of the book Betty Friedan wrote?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did professors help hooks and other students?

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

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

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

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

7. How did the mass media portray feminists?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How did some women actually slow down the progress of the feminist movement in hooks' opinion?

Essay Topic 3

What role does marriage have in the feminist movement according to hooks? Why might it be appropriate or inappropriate for marriage and romantic partnership to exist in feminist activism? Is marriage sexist? What arguments does hooks offer?

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