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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what was the relationship status of Hooks' parents?
(a) Married and living together.
(b) Divorced.
(c) Married but separated.
(d) Never married but are a part of the children's lives.

3. In choosing the profession she would like to pursue, which of the following strongly influenced her decision?
(a) Social class and race.
(b) Parents' opinions.
(c) College professors.
(d) Marital status.

4. According to Hooks, what is the great road of progress for poor men and women with regard to employment?
(a) When they don't make a lot of money.
(b) When they are able to do the work they enjoy.
(c) When they are able to avoid the work they enjoy.
(d) When they make a lot of money.

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

6. At what point in her school career did Hooks' personal experience take place?
(a) During middle school.
(b) During secondary school.
(c) During elementary school.
(d) During undergraduate school.

7. 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 request that the students only pay attention to the teacher.
(b) The teacher should encourage the interaction between the students.
(c) The teacher should discourage interaction between the students and the teacher. Ask the students to focus solely on the text.
(d) The teacher should not address the issue of interaction. He/she should allow the students to decide what is best.

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

9. What is the technical term for teaching?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Educating.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Pedagogy.

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

11. How did Hooks describe the works of the Latina theorist introduced in Chapter 5?
(a) Spellbinding yet easily understood.
(b) Explains the importance of compromise in a world of dominance and oppression.
(c) Having some mystique and a possibly puzzling or unexpected power.
(d) Captivates its readers by presenting blatant untruths.

12. How did Hooks say her work is often received by its readers?
(a) It is ignored.
(b) It is incorporated into the text of many classes.
(c) It is well liked.
(d) It is criticized.

13. What type of theorist is the Latina theorist mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Feminist.
(b) Behavioralist.
(c) Social.
(d) Conflict.

14. Who was one of Hooks' intellectual influences?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Paulo Freire.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

15. In Chapter 4, what important tenet did Hooks repeat?
(a) This is about education for liberation.
(b) This is not about knowledge for freedom.
(c) This is about knowledge for freedom.
(d) This is not about education for liberation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal experience did Hooks talk about in Chapter 2?

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

3. According to the continuation of Chapter 5, what did Hooks say about the method of achieving higher results when analyzing theoretical works?

4. In Chapter 5, Hooks brought up the idea of race in what type of atmosphere?

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

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