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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hooks, students many times believe that learning is what?
(a) International.
(b) Domestic.
(c) Local.
(d) Universal.

2. The bulk of Hooks' "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" cites which of the following?
(a) A variety of similarities.
(b) A variety of differences.
(c) Fractures in the justice system.
(d) Comparison and contrast of several religions.

3. What did Hooks feel like she was always punished for?
(a) Fighting with her siblings.
(b) Questioning the matriarchal order.
(c) Questioning the patriarchal order.
(d) Not washing the dishes.

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

5. Which of the following is stated in Chapter 6 about a man who has a high-paying career?
(a) The man becomes more important to society.
(b) The man becomes more attractive to women.
(c) It is the norm. All men have high-paying careers.
(d) It represents success.

6. What did Hooks say she wants her readers to understand about the continuation of Chapter 5 with regard to analyzing theoretical works?
(a) The theoretical works of women are the only type that should be analyzed.
(b) It is impossible to analyze theoretical works accurately.
(c) Theoretical works should only be analyzed by scholars.
(d) It is partially about setting a standard and partially about holding to the standard.

7. What did Hooks believe about the best instructional teaching methods?
(a) These methods are inherent and cannot be taught to teachers.
(b) They encourage students' involvement.
(c) They discourage students' involvement.
(d) All instructional teaching methods are created equal. There is no such thing as the "best instructional teaching methods."

8. What did Hooks say is not necessarily found in all social classes?
(a) Assumptions.
(b) Love.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Wealth.

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

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

11. What did Hooks say is a token of progress among women?
(a) Women giving birth to multiple babies.
(b) Women's desire to fill roles traditionally held by women.
(c) The fact that women work in male-dominated fields.
(d) The works women do in order to uplift the entire female gender.

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

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

14. In Hooks' experience, what type of classes promotes a very high degree of the freedom of student involvement?
(a) Interior Design.
(b) Psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Women's Studies.

15. What Latina theorist did Hooks introduce in Chapter 5?
(a) Karen Rodriguez.
(b) Chita Rivera..
(c) Chela Sandoval.
(d) Cha Cha Ramirez.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what did Hooks say with regard to all-black schools and the education process?

2. How did Hooks describe the works of the Latina theorist introduced in Chapter 5?

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

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

5. According to Hooks in the continuation of Chapter 5, when is it important to consider the differences between classes?

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