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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hooks said a woman with a high-paying career could represent which of the following?
(a) Financial failure.
(b) This is not an accurate picture of what women are capable of doing.
(c) Success for the woman's husband.
(d) Success for the woman.

2. What did Hooks say about the work options for poorer people?
(a) They are jobs that will never allow for promotion.
(b) They are jobs that the poor would enjoy.
(c) They are plentiful.
(d) They are somewhat restricted.

3. What did Hooks say about women concerning many of the ideas she addressed in the book?
(a) Women are indifferent about Hooks' views.
(b) Women have said they are not concerned with the issues, but Hooks' ideas are good.
(c) Hooks' ideas are the things that women have been thinking about for quite some time.
(d) Women have written her to let Hooks know her ideas are invalid.

4. Whose theoretical work did Hooks say may not properly be assessed?
(a) That of white women.
(b) That of "colored men."
(c) That of white men.
(d) That of "colored women."

5. Hooks discussed the limitations of what?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Women.
(c) Language.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of thinking did Hooks say is crucial to the educational process?

2. What is different about the way Hooks prints her pseudonym on the cover of the book than you would find on most books?

3. Hooks said teachers do best when they are what type of people?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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