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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hooks said when creating and sustaining theories, what difference is important to consider?
(a) Political.
(b) Racial.
(c) Religious.
(d) Gender.

2. According to Hooks, who are more vulnerable to white men than white women?
(a) Hispanic men.
(b) Black men.
(c) Black women.
(d) Chinese women.

3. When did Hooks say finding a way to release the sense of dominance and oppression is crucial?
(a) It is not necessary. The idea of dominance and oppression are essential to a society.
(b) When operating under a system of dominance.
(c) When operating under a system of oppression.
(d) Only when one is white.

4. In choosing the profession she would like to pursue, which of the following strongly influenced her decision?
(a) Marital status.
(b) Parents' opinions.
(c) Social class and race.
(d) College professors.

5. What need/expectation did Hooks say is common in poorer women?
(a) To get married.
(b) To have children.
(c) To obtain a post-secondary school degree.
(d) To earn money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many of Hooks' male students feel about gender issues?

2. What did Hooks say blurred the demarcation of what indicated a wealthy person versus a poor person?

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

4. What effect does Hooks hope "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" will have on society?

5. What did Hooks say is not necessarily found in all social classes?

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