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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks said that sometimes oppression is the result of the need to find better ways of aligning what?

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

3. Which of the following did Hooks say is a feminist statement?

4. Which school year reunion did Hooks mention in Chapter 2?

5. What did Hooks say about her interaction with white peers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hooks feel like her theoretical works were harshly criticized?

2. What were Hooks' views on nurturing independent thinking within the higher education environment?

3. What did Hooks say about the psyches of women?

4. In terms of the types of job opportunities available for poor people, what was Hooks' view?

5. What examples did Hooks give in Chapter 6 about the signs of success for a man?

6. What did Hooks say in Chapter 3 about individual instructors' ability to speak freely in meetings at Oberlin?

7. Hooks' first experience of racial integration was during her post-secondary school years. What was her perception of integration and education?

8. What form of speech did Hooks use to describe Paulo Freire, one of her intellectual influences?

9. Was Hooks' first integrated friendship received with open arms?

10. What did Hooks say about self-actualization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Hooks associate language with learning and her students? How did her students feel about being able to speak in the classroom? How did Hooks feel about her ability to speak within the classroom? Did anyone influence how she speaks and what she teaches?

Essay Topic 2

Was the manner in which Hooks taught different when the majority of students were black as opposed to a majority of white? Explain how. How did she say her black students reacted to the white perspective of feminism?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Hook's view of white supremacy. Did she agree that this concept was a necessary part of society? If not, what did she agree with in its place? What examples did Hooks give of times in her life that she was exposed to this notion?

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