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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. What term refers to abstaining from sex?

2. What does the word misogyny relate to?

3. What did some members of the media do to feed into the nation's homophobia?

4. What do some women blame for forcing them into the workforce, according to Hooks?

5. In the 1960s, what fraction of America's women were working?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What types of violence constitute patriarchal violence?

3. What did the conservative press tend to say about feminists?

4. What are the consequences hooks describes of lacking sexual liberation?

5. What were the benefits of sexual liberation, according to hooks?

6. How did many white feminists react to black women pointing out racism within the feminist movement?

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

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

9. What are some important issues that feminists are concerned with in countries that are not the United States of America?

10. As long as the patriarchal system of dominance survives, what are the consequences that hooks describes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does hooks say about lesbianism as it is related to the feminist movement? Why does hooks say that many lesbians were more dedicated to feminism? Is this a valid argument? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between reformist thinkers and revolutionary thinkers?

Essay Topic 3

What are some ways that hooks suggests feminism can gain momentum? Which ideas seem most realistic or practical? Why?

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