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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hooks, what should be a teacher's role with regard to students within a classroom and their interaction with other students in the classroom?
(a) The teacher should request that the students only pay attention to the teacher.
(b) The teacher should discourage interaction between the students and the teacher. Ask the students to focus solely on the text.
(c) The teacher should encourage the interaction between the students.
(d) The teacher should not address the issue of interaction. He/she should allow the students to decide what is best.

2. In Hooks' experience, what type of classes promotes a very high degree of the freedom of student involvement?
(a) History.
(b) Interior Design.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Women's Studies.

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what school did Hooks mention?
(a) University of Massachusetts.
(b) Northwestern University.
(c) Oberlin College.
(d) Columbia University.

4. 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) Emotional forces.
(d) Social forces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what did Hooks say with regard to all-black schools and the education process?

2. What did Hooks say about some deceptions?

3. According to Hooks, when is the profession of teaching best served?

4. Who was one of Hooks' intellectual influences?

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

(see the answer key)

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