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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hooks mentioned having meetings, who was initially a part of the meeting?
(a) Students and school administration.
(b) Teachers and students.
(c) Teachers and school administration.
(d) Teachers ONLY.

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

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

4. 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) Invalid.
(b) Important.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Unnecessary.

5. Which school year reunion did Hooks mention in Chapter 2?
(a) 20th year.
(b) 15th year.
(c) 10th year.
(d) 30th year.

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

7. Which of the following did Hooks say is a feminist statement?
(a) Her husband supported her inherent career efforts.
(b) Her husband will not allow her to pursue career efforts.
(c) She is not sure if she is intelligent enough to pursue career efforts.
(d) Her husband sourced and encouraged his wife to pursue career efforts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the way Hooks prints her pseudonym on the cover of the book than you would find on most books?

2. What main concepts were used in Chapter 4?

3. What did Hooks say about some deceptions?

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

5. What did Hooks say about male colleagues' lack of interest or unwillingness to listen to his female counterparts?

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