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

2. Who or what are the victims of the patriarchal system hooks' describes?

3. Great concern exists among feminists for the plight of women in which countries?

4. According to hooks, how many cents out of each dollar that men earned did women earn?

5. Hooks claimed that she was how old when she began confronting the issue of racism and demanding change?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What wisdom does hooks find that lesbians brought to the feminist movement?

5. What were some of the problems that hooks witnessed with feminist parenting?

6. What productive suggestions does hooks make for employment?

7. Why and how did many working women receive mixed messages, according to hooks?

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

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

10. How have men suffered from the patriarchal system, according to hooks?

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 does hooks define feminist masculinity? What role does feminist masculinity play in modern feminism and in general?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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