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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 teachers do best when they are what type of people?
(a) Self-absorbed people.
(b) Self-hating people.
(c) Self-actualizing people.
(d) High self-esteemed people.

2. In what year was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" published?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1996.

3. According to Hooks, when is the system of oppression appropriate?
(a) When it is backed by the government.
(b) The system of oppression is never appropriate.
(c) When doing away with it would cause more harm than good.
(d) When it is done in a friendly manner.

4. In Chapter 5, Hooks brought up the idea of race in what type of atmosphere?
(a) Social.
(b) Academic.
(c) Poor.
(d) Hostile.

5. What is the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?
(a) A novel.
(b) A poem.
(c) Music.
(d) A speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hooks say her work is often received by its readers?

2. Of feminist theories, Hooks said that they will be great in what?

3. Hooks said what of each region of the United States?

4. What need/expectation did Hooks say is common in poorer women?

5. When Hooks teaches feminist theory classes that include a majority of white women, what interest does she find that many of the women have in feminist theory?

(see the answer key)

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