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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did many of Hooks' male students feel about gender issues?
(a) They felt like they were being pushed to learn about them and recognize sexism within society.
(b) They felt like they already had a good grasp on the issues of gender and sexism.
(c) They felt like the issues of gender and sexism were not relevant to their lives and therefore, it is not necessary for them to learn about it.
(d) They felt like the issues of gender and sexism do not exist.

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

3. What did Hooks say affects how she subjectively relates to teaching?
(a) Preconceived notions and lack thereof.
(b) Only the lack of preconceived notions.
(c) Only her preconceived notions.
(d) Other people's opinions of her.

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

5. During the experiences mentioned in Chapter 8, silence of what issues ended for Hooks?
(a) Matters of insecurities, age, and class.
(b) Matters of race, class, and gender.
(c) Matters of race, class, and religion.
(d) Matters of discrimination, politics, and age.

6. What type of market did "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" appeal to?
(a) Students within universities.
(b) Faculty within universities.
(c) Students and faculty of secondary schools.
(d) Those outside of universities.

7. 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.

8. In which of the following did Hooks NOT say the patriarchal structure was the ruling force of?
(a) Church.
(b) Home.
(c) Community at large.
(d) School.

9. What did Hooks say would be the experience for American blacks?
(a) How it feels when your minority is not the main one.
(b) How it feels when you transform from a minority to the majority race.
(c) How it feels to not be considered a minority or majority race.
(d) How it feels when your minority is the main one.

10. According to Chapter 9, what is much of "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" about?
(a) How to find and marry the person one loves.
(b) Obvious and subtle reasons why her work hasn't been published by a certain press.
(c) Ways to defy the ruling political party.
(d) The establishment of the Feminist movement.

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

12. What is the topic of the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?
(a) Promotion of the practice of sexism
(b) Opposition to the practice of rape.
(c) Promotion of the practice of interracial dating.
(d) Opposition to the practice of racism.

13. Hooks said that many white women are racist in what ways?
(a) Complicity or inactively and unintentionally.
(b) Complexity or actively and intentionally.
(c) Complexity or inactively and unintentionally.
(d) Complicity or actively and intentionally.

14. What is one problem Hooks addressed with regard to the works of blacks and women?
(a) When they are not included and therefore have no attendant changes in pedagogy.
(b) When they are included and have attendant changes in pedagogy.
(c) When they are included but without any attendant changes in pedagogy.
(d) When they are not included and have attendant changes in pedagogy.

15. What did Hooks say about the presence of a teacher in a classroom?
(a) It is appreciated but not necessary.
(b) It is unappreciated.
(c) It is not necessary.
(d) It is necessary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hooks said a woman's attachment to a given man could do what?

3. According to Chapter 9, something about this book is symptomatic of what two things?

4. Hooks discussed the limitations of what?

5. According to Hooks, when did racial distinctions become more pronounced?

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