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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. Where were the earliest feminist meetings held?
2. According to hooks, which type of activists were among the first to put a voice to inequities in an understandable language?
3. When the cosmetic industry worried feminism would ruin business, how did mass media portray feminists?
4. Hooks claims that focusing on what type of rights is necessary to protect the freedom of women?
5. Which group seems to be writing the most articles in magazines geared toward women, as witnessed by hooks?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did hooks believe that some women actually slowed down progress?
2. What has become more accepted by women as it becomes more acceptable for women to accept their bodies?
3. What types of policies, according to hooks, caused women and children to suffer abuse at the hands of existing patriarchy?
4. Which women had more access to contraceptives and abortions with the onset of the sexual revolution?
5. What did hooks describe as the two most important contributions to feminism?
6. In the 1960s, how did women show they were not constantly worried about being accepted by men for their appearance?
7. How did conflict result as a matter of class and race in feminism?
8. What effect did The Feminine Mystique have on feminism?
9. Describe the challenges to abortion rights brought by Christian groups.
10. What differences between same-sex and co-ed classes did hooks notice?
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 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 3
What role does spirituality play in the feminist movement that hooks portrays? Why might spirituality in the feminist movement provide conflict?
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