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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 explains that which of the following is the second goal of feminism?

2. Hooks claimed that women wanted to be seen most favorably by who?

3. Which group of women struggled most as a result of lower wages, according to hooks?

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

5. Hooks describes which decade as having a resurgence of obsession with appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What differences between same-sex and co-ed classes did hooks notice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did the mass media portray feminists?

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 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

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?

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