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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 of the following is closest to the definition of self-actualization?

2. It did not take women long to recognize that sexual liberation and which of the following were not the same, according to hooks?

3. Hooks claims there is a link between domestic violence and what?

4. How did some feminists react to younger black women deflecting attention from sexism to racism, according to hooks?

5. According to hooks, who knew the plight of the black woman better than anybody?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship did white feminists have to feminism in other parts of the world, according to hooks?

2. Hooks claims that patriarchal violence is based on what beliefs?

3. Hooks claims that women who stayed at home often felt which way?

4. What is the difference between a "woman-identified woman" and a "man-identified woman"?

5. What does hooks describe as the challenge to freedom?

6. Describe a scenario in which somebody shows that patriarchal violence is acceptable.

7. What productive suggestions does hooks make for employment?

8. What are two practices hooks described as originating from sexism and misogyny?

9. What is required for women to be liberated from Hooks' perspective?

10. What role does spirituality and religion play in feminism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between reformist thinkers and revolutionary thinkers?

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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