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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 14 said that it is also often the case that there is a particular strain of _____.
(a) Dominant discourse.
(b) Subordinate recourse.
(c) Dominant recourse.
(d) Subordinate discourse.

3. What did Hooks combine in Chapter 13?
(a) Love and marriage.
(b) Education and religion.
(c) Truth and fiction.
(d) Theory and practice.

4. What company published "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom"?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Penguin Group.
(c) Routledge.
(d) Random House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooks say affects how she subjectively relates to teaching?

2. In what year was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" published?

3. What did Hooks say the American population is going to be a reconfiguration of?

4. In Chapter 12, Hooks wrote about the patriarchal structure within what context?

5. What is the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 14 gave a preview to the main topic addressed in Chapter 15. What was the issue? What was the first observation that Hooks made?

2. According to Hooks, what affected how she subjectively related to teaching?

3. Who is the target audience for "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" and what does this mean?

4. What accusation did Hooks say many black men face when in a relationship with a white woman?

5. What racial topic did Hooks mention in Chapter 12 that was mentioned in previous chapters?

6. How did Hooks describe the patriarchal system she grew up in?

7. What did Hooks say about the relationship between black and white women and white women and black men?

8. In Chapter 8, what hierarchies did Hooks talk about dismantling? What will replace them?

9. How did Hooks address the issue of dominance in Chapter 8?

10. What special characteristics are mentioned about Chapter 12?

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