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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a factor that Hooks said affected her career path?
(a) Age.
(b) Gender.
(c) Educational background.
(d) Religious beliefs.

2. What example did Hooks give of something a woman has done to build a solid female intellectual tradition ?
(a) When Hooks' mother gave birth to her and her siblings.
(b) When Hooks published "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom".
(c) When Hooks graduated from high school.
(d) When Hooks' sister washed the dishes of a prominent businessman.

3. What did Hooks notice between white women?
(a) Their level of bonding.
(b) Their level of competition.
(c) Their desire to make each other wealthy.
(d) Their desire to make each other sad.

4. Hooks said who must be happy in order for education to be most effective?
(a) Teacher ONLY.
(b) Teacher and students.
(c) Students ONLY.
(d) Administration, teachers, and students.

5. According to Hooks, what group of people were the masterminds behind the control system?
(a) All men.
(b) Asian men.
(c) Hispanic men.
(d) White men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hooks said a woman with a high-paying career could represent which of the following?

2. In Chapter 5, Hooks brought up the idea of race in what type of atmosphere?

3. How did Hooks compare the characteristics of middle and upper class women to men of the same class?

4. Hooks' intellectual influence wrote with the biases of what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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