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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the continuation of Chapter 5, what did Hooks say about the method of achieving higher results when analyzing theoretical works?
(a) It is evaluated and updated yearly.
(b) It is not uniform throughout the culture.
(c) It is evaluated and updated quarterly.
(d) It is uniform throughout the culture.

2. How did Hooks compare the characteristics of middle and upper class women to men of the same class?
(a) They have similarities but are not exactly the same.
(b) They are different but equal.
(c) They are exactly the same.
(d) They are NOT the same.

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

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

5. Who does Hooks believe is in charge of constituting what is considered good theory?
(a) White men.
(b) Black men.
(c) White women.
(d) Black women.

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

7. What type of thinking did Hooks say is crucial to the educational process?
(a) Independent.
(b) Corporate.
(c) Sporadic.
(d) Creative.

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

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

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

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

12. What did Hooks say about her interaction with white peers?
(a) It is similar to the way they interact with each other.
(b) She does not play close attention to how they interact with each other.
(c) There is a difference between the way she interacts with white peers and their interaction with each other.
(d) She does not interact with white peers.

13. What did Hooks believe blacks had to do in order to attend traditionally white schools?
(a) Break into the school.
(b) Get up early in the morning so they could be bussed to the traditionally white schools.
(c) Make straight A's.
(d) Participate in protests and/or riots.

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

15. What type of tension did Hooks say is apparent in the teaching profession?
(a) Racial.
(b) Religious.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Class.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Hooks said education is always which of the following?

2. What did Hooks say about the psyche of women?

3. According to Hooks, when is the profession of teaching best served?

4. The bulk of Hooks' "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" cites which of the following?

5. What example did Hooks give of something a woman has done to build a solid female intellectual tradition ?

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