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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first topic that Hooks talked about in Chapter 3?
(a) How the classroom should not be the main venue for teaching. It begins at home.
(b) How becoming a teacher can be beneficial to the individual as well as his / her students.
(c) How to implement the transformations within the classroom that multiculturalism requires.
(d) How the involvement of students is what makes or breaks the success of a teacher.

2. What did Hooks say about some deceptions?
(a) They can be used to alleviate psychological distress associated with painful histories.
(b) They can be used to create painful histories.
(c) They can be used to create psychological distress.
(d) They can be used to alleviate painful histories.

3. What type of thinking did Hooks say is crucial to the educational process?
(a) Corporate.
(b) Sporadic.
(c) Creative.
(d) Independent.

4. According to Hooks, when is the profession of teaching best served?
(a) When a teacher receives an award or promotion for a job well done.
(b) When the parents of the students compliment the teacher's progress.
(c) When a teacher does so with the idea that he/she is nurturing free adults.
(d) When all students understand what is being taught.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Hooks gave the audience her true name. What is it?
(a) Amy Wright.
(b) Elizabeth Brown.
(c) Sally Williams.
(d) Gloria Watkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks said teachers do best when they are what type of people?

2. In Chapter 2, what type of person did Hooks say she made friends with?

3. What is the technical term for teaching?

4. In Hooks' experience, what type of classes promotes a very high degree of the freedom of student involvement?

5. What type of tension did Hooks say is apparent in the teaching profession?

(see the answer key)

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