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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of feminist theories, Hooks said that they will be great in what?
(a) Quantity and intensity.
(b) Quantity ONLY.
(c) Intensity ONLY.
(d) Impact.

3. How did Hooks compare the characteristics of middle and upper class women to men of the same class?
(a) They are exactly the same.
(b) They are NOT the same.
(c) They are different but equal.
(d) They have similarities but are not exactly the same.

4. What did Hooks say about the psyche of women?
(a) It is equal to that of men.
(b) It is many times fragile.
(c) It is delusional.
(d) It is very stable.

5. What type of tension did Hooks say is apparent in the teaching profession?
(a) Religious.
(b) Class.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Racial.

6. What did Hooks say about a wealthy woman who works by choice?
(a) She usually works jobs that do not pay a lot of money.
(b) This is a form of progress.
(c) She is selfish for not wanting to stay at home with her children.
(d) She usually works jobs that do pay a lot of money.

7. What main concepts were used in Chapter 4?
(a) Race and religion.
(b) Subject and object as roles and perspectives.
(c) Social and economic status.
(d) Age and gender.

8. According to Hooks in the continuation of Chapter 5, when is it important to consider the differences between classes?
(a) When establishing and maintaining theories.
(b) When maintaining theories.
(c) When establishing theories.
(d) Considering class differences is a form of discrimination and should never be done.

9. What did Hooks say about the work options for poorer people?
(a) They are jobs that the poor would enjoy.
(b) They are jobs that will never allow for promotion.
(c) They are plentiful.
(d) They are somewhat restricted.

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

11. In the continuation of Chapter 5, what did Hooks think about the interracial atmosphere?
(a) It affords many opportunities.
(b) It affords many difficulties.
(c) It affords many opportunities as well as difficulties.
(d) It is beneficial to whites but not blacks.

12. Chapter 4 is an essay that mainly talked about how the works of Hooks' intellectual influence has been what?
(a) Helpful.
(b) Hurtful.
(c) Unnecessary.
(d) Controversial.

13. According to the continuation of Chapter 5, what did Hooks say about the method of achieving higher results when analyzing theoretical works?
(a) It is not uniform throughout the culture.
(b) It is evaluated and updated quarterly.
(c) It is evaluated and updated yearly.
(d) It is uniform throughout the culture.

14. In Chapter 4, what important tenet did Hooks repeat?
(a) This is about knowledge for freedom.
(b) This is about education for liberation.
(c) This is not about knowledge for freedom.
(d) This is not about education for liberation.

15. Hooks said that sometimes oppression is the result of the need to find better ways of aligning what?
(a) Religious forces.
(b) Physical forces.
(c) Social forces.
(d) Emotional forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooks say is not necessarily found in all social classes?

2. Hooks said when creating and sustaining theories, what difference is important to consider?

3. What did Hooks mention as a tool that cuts both ways with regard to progress?

4. When did Hooks say finding a way to release the sense of dominance and oppression is crucial?

5. What type of writing was Chapter 2 initially going to be?

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