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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In terms of feminist scholarship, what did Hooks say she was thankful for?
(a) She was thankful that she has received little opposition along the way.
(b) She was thankful that it has become safer for women to do the work necessary.
(c) She was thankful that many of her male colleagues have agreed to help her.
(d) She was thankful that there have been many books written to support the cause.

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?
(a) It could stay the same.
(b) It could stay the same for the first year, then improve afterwards.
(c) It could improve.
(d) It could worsen.

3. What did Chapter 14 say about the role the students say the teacher has in the learning process?
(a) Teachers do not encourage or discourage the students from being heard.
(b) Teachers encourage the opinions of the students.
(c) Teachers encourage the opinions of the students only when they agree with his or hers. When their opinions do not agree with the teacher's, he or she discourages it.
(d) Teachers prevent their (the students') voices from being heard.

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

5. What relationship did Hooks say the formerly oppressed should have with former oppressors?
(a) They should have peace in their hearts but it's okay to sometimes exhibit behaviors that show there is tension.
(b) They should not have interaction with those who have formerly oppressed them.
(c) They should express overt hatred.
(d) They should create and maintain peace.

6. What did Hooks say is considered by some to be a form of liberation for poor, working women?
(a) Highly educated.
(b) Not earning money.
(c) Earning money.
(d) No education.

7. What did Hooks say about most white people during the period of slavery?
(a) They wanted to implement integration.
(b) They were racist.
(c) They owned many slaves.
(d) They were too poor to own slaves.

8. What was the profession of Hooks' friend?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Minister.

9. What group of students did Hooks find is hardest to teach?
(a) Those who are black.
(b) Those who are white.
(c) Those who are male.
(d) Those who are suspicious.

10. Chapter 14 said that it is also often the case that there is a particular strain of _____.
(a) Subordinate discourse.
(b) Subordinate recourse.
(c) Dominant recourse.
(d) Dominant discourse.

11. According to Hooks, where and how to teach greatly affects whom?
(a) Both students and teachers.
(b) Teachers only.
(c) School administrators.
(d) Students only.

12. In Chapter 12, what did Hooks say about the experience of white women?
(a) It was completely different from the experience of non-white women.
(b) It was a good mix of having similarities with non-white women and being very different from non-white women.
(c) It was the same as the experience of non-white women.
(d) Hooks does not mention the experience of white women in Chapter 12.

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

14. Hooks discussed the limitations of what?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Language.

15. What is the last name of Hooks' friend mentioned in Chapter 13?
(a) Klapp.
(b) Bapp.
(c) Scapp.
(d) Dunlap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooks combine in Chapter 13?

2. What did Hooks say is now the reputation of feminist theory?

3. What problem did Hooks say white women face in terms of white men?

4. Chapter 9 said that Hooks' work would have been published through what system if it hadn't been flawed?

5. What effect does Hooks hope "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" will have on society?

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