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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an example that Hooks gave of something of male effort that women benefit from in everyday life?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Sewage systems.
(c) Employment.
(d) Childbirth.

2. Whom did Hooks say writes the majority of feminist works?
(a) Privileged black women.
(b) Privileged white women.
(c) Poor white women.
(d) Poor black women.

3. What relationship did Hooks say the formerly oppressed should have with former oppressors?
(a) They should express overt hatred.
(b) They should create and maintain peace.
(c) They should not have interaction with those who have formerly oppressed them.
(d) They should have peace in their hearts but it's okay to sometimes exhibit behaviors that show there is tension.

4. What did Hooks say would be the experience for American blacks?
(a) How it feels when your minority is not the main one.
(b) How it feels when your minority is the main one.
(c) How it feels when you transform from a minority to the majority race.
(d) How it feels to not be considered a minority or majority race.

5. Who was the main target audience of this book?
(a) Black women.
(b) Black men.
(c) White women.
(d) White men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling towards men in her adult life did Hooks have as a result of her childhood?

2. In Chapter 3, Hooks said education is always which of the following?

3. Who was one of Hooks' intellectual influences?

4. According to Hooks, what group of people were the masterminds behind the control system?

5. In the continuation of Chapter 5, what did Hooks think about the interracial atmosphere?

(see the answer key)

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