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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. According to Hooks, what should be a teacher's role with regard to students within a classroom and their interaction with other students in the classroom?
(a) The teacher should discourage interaction between the students and the teacher. Ask the students to focus solely on the text.
(b) The teacher should not address the issue of interaction. He/she should allow the students to decide what is best.
(c) The teacher should request that the students only pay attention to the teacher.
(d) The teacher should encourage the interaction between the students.

11. In Chapter 1, what did Hooks say with regard to all-black schools and the education process?
(a) The education process used is different from the process used in integrated schools.
(b) They are equally prone to undercut and to encourage the growth of the education process.
(c) They strictly encourage the growth of the education process.
(d) They strictly undercut the growth of the education process.

12. What did Hooks say about male colleagues' lack of interest or unwillingness to listen to his female counterparts?
(a) It's painful for men and women.
(b) It's NOT painful for men or women.
(c) It's painful for men.
(d) It's painful for women.

13. What did the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say about himself?
(a) Her ideas are superior to those of his male counterparts.
(b) She did what she could but what she could was absolutely limited by her own femaleness.
(c) His ideas are superior to those of his female counterparts.
(d) He did what he could but what he could was absolutely limited by his own maleness.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooks say is a token of progress among women?

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

3. What did the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say at the end of the chapter?

4. What type of person did Hooks say would most likely recognize how significant her work is?

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

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