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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what type of person did Hooks say she made friends with?
(a) A black girl-woman.
(b) A white boy-man.
(c) A black boy-man.
(d) A white girl-woman.

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

3. What is different about the way Hooks prints her pseudonym on the cover of the book than you would find on most books?
(a) It takes up the entire cover.
(b) It consists of no capital letters.
(c) It is written in all capital letters.
(d) It is circled.

4. What theorist did Hooks mention at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Harlow.
(b) Adler.
(c) Bowlby.
(d) Freud.

5. Of feminist theories, Hooks said that they will be great in what?
(a) Quantity ONLY.
(b) Intensity ONLY.
(c) Quantity and intensity.
(d) Impact.

6. In Chapter 3, Hooks said education is always which of the following?
(a) Racial.
(b) Social.
(c) Religious.
(d) Political.

7. According to Hooks, what is automatically excluded when the standard of good theoretical works is established?
(a) The works of young professionals.
(b) The works of colored women ONLY.
(c) Feminist theory ONLY.
(d) Feminist theory and the works of colored women.

8. Chapter 6 mentioned what type of divisions between minority groups?
(a) Class.
(b) Race.
(c) Gender.
(d) Age.

9. Chapter 4 is an essay that mainly talked about how the works of Hooks' intellectual influence has been what?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Controversial.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Hurtful.

10. What did the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say at the end of the chapter?
(a) Men are the ones who need to develop female social theories and practices.
(b) Women are the ones who need to develop female psychological theories and practices.
(c) Women are the ones who need to develop male social theories and practices.
(d) Men are the ones who need to develop male psychological theories and practices.

11. According to Hooks, "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" consists of a great amount of analysis that are natural and _____ for women.
(a) Important.
(b) Unnecessary.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Invalid.

12. Hooks said that sometimes oppression is the result of the need to find better ways of aligning what?
(a) Emotional forces.
(b) Religious forces.
(c) Social forces.
(d) Physical forces.

13. What is an example that Hooks gave of something of male effort that women benefit from in everyday life?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Sewage systems.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) Employment.

14. How did Hooks feel within her family?
(a) Like the one who had to take charge.
(b) Like the most liked of the children.
(c) Like a burden.
(d) Like an outsider.

15. What type of writing was Chapter 2 initially going to be?
(a) Essay.
(b) Poem.
(c) Play.
(d) Song lyrics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hooks, what group of people were the masterminds behind the control system?

2. Which of the following is a factor that Hooks said affected her career path?

3. Whom did Hooks say writes the majority of feminist works?

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

5. In the continuation of Chapter 5, what did Hooks think about the interracial atmosphere?

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