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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 9, individuals from what portion of Asia make up the dominant minority group in a number of places in the US?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

2. What did Hooks write about people who are experiencing very oppressive conditions?
(a) If it's not affecting one directly, he/she should not worry about it.
(b) They should deflect that oppression onto others.
(c) All should be sensitive to those people.
(d) They are experiencing the oppression because they deserve it.

3. Hooks said a woman's attachment to a given man could do what?
(a) Improve her social class.
(b) Not affect her social status.
(c) Diminish her social status.
(d) Increase her self-esteem.

4. What did Hooks say women needed to move forward with?
(a) The social equivalent of mission statements.
(b) The social equivalent of objectives.
(c) The emotional equivalent of mission statements.
(d) The emotional equivalent of objectives.

5. What did Chapter 14 say about the role the students say the teacher has in the learning process?
(a) Teachers encourage the opinions of the students only when they agree with his or hers. When their opinions do not agree with the teacher's, he or she discourages it.
(b) Teachers prevent their (the students') voices from being heard.
(c) Teachers encourage the opinions of the students.
(d) Teachers do not encourage or discourage the students from being heard.

6. What did Hooks say the American population is going to be a reconfiguration of?
(a) One race.
(b) Separate but equal races.
(c) Melting pot of minorities.
(d) Total segregation of all races.

7. What did Hooks learn specifically about young, black men in terms of how they feel about social issues (i.e. sexism, racism)?
(a) Young, black men feel like the issue of sexism experienced by their female counterparts is more of a problem within society than the racism they face.
(b) Young, black men feel like they are already greatly hurt by racism so there was nothing left to bother them.
(c) Young, black men feel like they are highly favored in society and therefore have no concern with social issues.
(d) Young, black men believe sexism and racism are equally oppressive.

8. Which of the following is one type of course that Hooks has taught?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Black literature.
(c) English.
(d) Mathematics.

9. What was the profession of Hooks' friend?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Minister.
(d) Lawyer.

10. In the context of class, what did Hooks say could happen to the status of the black partner within an interracial (black/white) relationship?
(a) It could stay the same for the first year, then improve afterwards.
(b) It could worsen.
(c) It could improve.
(d) It could stay the same.

11. What is the topic of the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?
(a) Opposition to the practice of rape.
(b) Opposition to the practice of racism.
(c) Promotion of the practice of sexism
(d) Promotion of the practice of interracial dating.

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

13. In Chapter 8, Hooks spoke of the importance of doing what to people?
(a) Physically fighting against.
(b) Uplifting.
(c) Feeding.
(d) Discouraging.

14. What group of students did Hooks find is hardest to teach?
(a) Those who are black.
(b) Those who are white.
(c) Those who are suspicious.
(d) Those who are male.

15. What racial tension did Hooks mention in Chapter 12 that she mentioned in previous chapters?
(a) Tension between black men and white women.
(b) Tension between black and white women.
(c) Tension between white men and black women.
(d) Tension between black and white men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 9 said that Hooks' work would have been published through what system if it hadn't been flawed?

2. What is the last name of Hooks' friend mentioned in Chapter 13?

3. According to Hooks, who are more vulnerable to white men than white women?

4. According to Chapter 10, many believed sexual relationships across racial boundaries are which of the following?

5. What did Hooks say about women concerning many of the ideas she addressed in the book?

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