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Question #1

According to Paula Gunn Allen, in the Keres people of New Mexico, individuals were known by their mothers name. This means:

A. That one could inherit property from that father's while keeping mother's last name

B. That one's mother had many names

C. That a mother's name is a means of locating an individual as a part of community and of life

D. That only women could own property and hence one's mothers name indicated how much wealth an individual owned

Question #2

According to Paula Gunn Allen, the U.S. political system:

A. Is a product of American Indian ideas and practices even though most Americans do not recognize this

B. Is similar to the Italian political system's gender order

C. All of these

D. Is similar to the Chinese political system's gender order

E. Is inherently egalitarian when it comes to owning property and voting

Question #3

According to Paula Gunn Allen, many Native American communities placed a high value on women. Some evidence she provides for making this claim includes the fact that:

A. All women were considered warriors or princesses

B. Many Iroquois women and Cherokee women were well known feminist writers and public speakers

C. All animals had female names and Iroquois women were considered keepers of the animals

D. The Iroquois constitution gives very prominent and powerful roles to women

Question #4

In the sub-section "An Indian-Focused Version of American History" Paula Gunn Allen makes the following points:

A. That French travelers to the Iroquois nation were shocked to see the immense wealth gap between Native americans

B. That Native Americans must begin to learn U.S. history if they wish to become more successful and prominent

C. That Native American political institutions learned much from French political institutions

D. That the feminist idea of power stems from tribal Native American sources

Question #5

How does hooks define feminism?

A. None of these

B. The belief that gender segregation doesn't mean that women don't have power in their sphere

C. A movement to end sexist oppression and domination

D. The belief that feminist power cannot be achieved until women are educated

Question #6

According to bell hooks, there is a consensus of opinion about what feminism is.

A. True

B. False

Question #7

Why does bell hooks object to the definition of feminism popularized by the media and the mainstream part of the women's movement as a movement to make women the social equals of men?

A. the main stream definition is a refusal to see the way people can be part of the oppressed and the oppressor group at the same time

B. women do not share the same vision of what equality means

C. it is ignores the fact that under white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal; structures, it cannot be said that all men have power over all women

D. All of these

E. In reality, this definition reflects only the interests of upper class white women

Question #8

Despite the fact that feminists like Zillah Eisenstein (p. 21) argue that liberal feminism which calls for social reforms within existing systems can be radical by demanding feminist programs from the government, bell hooks argues that liberal feminism cannot be radical enough to liberate all women. Why does hook argue this?

A. All of these

B. because liberal feminism does not demand an end to violence against women and children

C. because liberal feminism, however long its reforms, does not emphasize the eradication of the politics of domination

D. because liberal feminism is selfish

Question #9

What does bell hooks say are some of the reasons why women resist calling themselves feminists?

A. Some women do not want to associate themselves with or support any aspect of the women's movement

B. many women's homophobia makes them fear being associated with lesbianism if they call themselves feminists

C. the meaning of the word is not always clear to women

D. some women associate the word with white women's rights efforts and don't want to sign on to what they perceived to be a racist and/or classist movement

E. All of these

Question #10

hooks also says that embracing feminism by defining it as an individual women's right to freedom and self-determination (p. 25) is a problem because:

A. It downplays reduces the fact that feminism as a struggle to end sexism and reduces it to matter of individual choice and lifestyle

B. it looks at feminism as an effort to gain greater individual freedom like wealth and education

C. It is romantic idea of personal freedom without acknowledging the radical politics behind individual freedom

D. All of these

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