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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do women need to stop mimicking, according to hooks?
(a) Powerful women.
(b) Powerful men.
(c) Weak women.
(d) Children.

2. Which of the following began to overshadow feminist politics, according to hooks?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Careerism.
(d) Business.

3. The advent of no-fault divorces tended to favor who, according to hooks?
(a) The government.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Whites.

4. Which university did hooks attend?
(a) Brown.
(b) USC.
(c) Stanford.
(d) UCLA.

5. What type of woman seems to fill up fashion magazine advertisements, according to hooks?
(a) Overweight women.
(b) Unintelligent women.
(c) Thin women.
(d) Blonde women.

6. In the 1970s, which movement was most powerful in hooks' opinion?
(a) Equality in the workplace.
(b) Reproductive rights.
(c) Fighting oppression in the media.
(d) Sexual freedom.

7. Hooks describes that what was the first type of new policy that created a new underclass of women and children who suffered as a result of patriarchy?
(a) Conservative immigration policies.
(b) Conservative reproductive laws.
(c) Liberal immigration policies.
(d) Liberal reproductive laws.

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

9. Which of the following is a consequence hooks describes as resulting from the fashion industry?
(a) Causing depression.
(b) Poor economy.
(c) Ruining self-esteem.
(d) Immoral women.

10. What is associated with the sexual revolution?
(a) Contraception.
(b) Sexual oppresson.
(c) Free love.
(d) Religion.

11. According to hooks, who did the media focus on when it came to feminist issues?
(a) Black women.
(b) Students.
(c) High-profile women.
(d) Working-class women.

12. Which group seems to be writing the most articles in magazines geared toward women, as witnessed by hooks?
(a) Poor women.
(b) Privileged women.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

13. Betty Friedan's book focused on which type of woman?
(a) Housewives.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Business women.
(d) Teachers.

14. Who were hooks' alleged stars of the feminist movement early on?
(a) White women.
(b) Children.
(c) Black women.
(d) White men.

15. How does misinformation spread, in hooks' point of view?
(a) Art.
(b) Mass media.
(c) Education.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of society is every voice heard, according to hooks?

2. What was the most sought after reproductive safegaurd in the sexual revolution?

3. What type of funding does hooks suggest is a goal for the feminist movement in order to read a broad and diverse audience?

4. According to hooks, who lost their jobs in the 1970s?

5. Hooks reports that which group was most displaced by high-profile women being put in the spotlight of the feminist movement?

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