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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sisterhood Is Still Powerful.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to hooks, who lost their jobs in the 1970s?
(a) Custodians.
(b) Students.
(c) College professors.
(d) Factory workers.

2. Who encouraged her students to think first about the fate of women from working-class backgrounds?
(a) Tillie Olsen.
(b) Diane Middlebrook.
(c) bell hooks.
(d) Abigail Adams.

3. Which field did hooks claim the reformist movement focused on?
(a) Politics.
(b) Law enforcement.
(c) Business.
(d) Education.

4. In which classes at her university did hooks feel the most support?
(a) Women's studies.
(b) Math.
(c) Science.
(d) Literature.

5. What was the name of the professor who handed out one of hooks' poems?
(a) Abigail Adams.
(b) An anonymous woman.
(c) Diane Middlebrook.
(d) Tillie Olsen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks believes that young women growing up at the time the book was written will feel that what issue is no longer a problem?

2. Who, according to hooks, ended up slowing progress because they did not deal with their own internalized sexism?

3. Who do women need to stop mimicking, according to hooks?

4. What did hooks see as the basis that would ultimately undermine sexism and overthrow patriarchy?

5. What reason does hooks give for why some women adopted feminist jargon without understanding it?

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