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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 the American population is going to be a reconfiguration of?
(a) Separate but equal races.
(b) Melting pot of minorities.
(c) Total segregation of all races.
(d) One race.

2. According to Chapter 9, individuals from what portion of Asia make up the dominant minority group in a number of places in the US?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

3. Whom did Hooks thank as the first forum that allowed her talk about the main issue discussed in Chapter 15?
(a) A religious environment.
(b) Medical environment.
(c) Environment of higher education.
(d) Feminist environment.

4. What company published "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom"?
(a) Random House.
(b) Penguin Group.
(c) Routledge.
(d) Johnson.

5. When Hooks teaches feminist theory classes that include a majority of white women, what interest does she find that many of the women have in feminist theory?
(a) How it could worsen life for men who believe in the patriarchal system.
(b) How it could improve life for black women.
(c) How it could improve life for bisexual or homosexual women.
(d) How it could improve life for non-bisexual and non-homosexual white women.

6. What did Hooks say should replace the hierarchies that are dismantled?
(a) She says love should replace the hierarchies.
(b) She says feminism should replace the hierarchies.
(c) She does not mention what should replace the hierarchies.
(d) She says tolerance should replace the hierarchies.

7. According to Chapter 10, many believed sexual relationships across racial boundaries are which of the following?
(a) A welcomed change.
(b) Taboo.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Legal but not welcomed.

8. What type of experiences did Hooks write about in Chapter 8?
(a) Moving.
(b) Singing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Writing.

9. What did Hooks learn specifically about young, black men in terms of how they feel about social issues (i.e. sexism, racism)?
(a) Young, black men feel like they are highly favored in society and therefore have no concern with social issues.
(b) Young, black men believe sexism and racism are equally oppressive.
(c) Young, black men feel like the issue of sexism experienced by their female counterparts is more of a problem within society than the racism they face.
(d) Young, black men feel like they are already greatly hurt by racism so there was nothing left to bother them.

10. What did Hooks say about the set of actions of behaviors that teachers can exhibit?
(a) They are standard across the board.
(b) They are limited.
(c) They are plentiful.
(d) They vary from time to time.

11. What did Hooks say about black authors and feminist authors?
(a) They are NOT automatically one in the same.
(b) Their works are accepted by mainstream.
(c) Their works are NOT accepted by mainstream.
(d) They are automatically one in the same.

12. What racial tension did Hooks mention in Chapter 12 that she mentioned in previous chapters?
(a) Tension between black men and white women.
(b) Tension between black and white women.
(c) Tension between black and white men.
(d) Tension between white men and black women.

13. Hooks said a woman's attachment to a given man could do what?
(a) Diminish her social status.
(b) Improve her social class.
(c) Not affect her social status.
(d) Increase her self-esteem.

14. What did many of Hooks' students of color think about feminism?
(a) They were suspicious of it but thought it was highly relevant to their lives.
(b) They were not suspicious of it and didn't think it was relevant to their lives.
(c) They were suspicious of it and didn't think it was that relevant to their lives.
(d) They were not suspicious of it and thought it was relevant to their lives.

15. What did Hooks say about the gender gap between black men and white women?
(a) There is no gender gap between the two groups.
(b) It is sometimes improved by sexual attraction and interest.
(c) Due to the major differences of the groups, they have immense hate and disdain for each other.
(d) The gap is too great for the two groups ever to consider having dealings with each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what did Hooks say has influenced the learning process?

2. In the context of class, what did Hooks say could happen to the status of the black partner within an interracial (black/white) relationship?

3. Chapter 14 said that it is also often the case that there is a particular strain of _____.

4. What did Hooks say women needed to move forward with?

5. In Chapter 9, what group did Hooks say is the dominant minority group in some parts of the United States?

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