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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chapter 14 say about the role the students say the teacher has in the learning process?
(a) Teachers encourage the opinions of the students.
(b) Teachers prevent their (the students') voices from being heard.
(c) Teachers do not encourage or discourage the students from being heard.
(d) 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.

2. In Chapter 14, what did Hooks say has influenced the learning process?
(a) Media.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Food.
(d) Language.

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

4. According to Chapter 10, during the period of slavery, owning what made the distinction between the wealthy and the poor?
(a) Children.
(b) Land.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Horses.

5. Who did Hooks say is expected to accept a greater degree of being silenced?
(a) Lower class.
(b) Black men.
(c) White women.
(d) Highly educated people.

6. The friend of whom Hooks speaks in Chapter 13, is of what race?
(a) Asian.
(b) African American.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Caucasian.

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

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

9. In Chapter 9, what group did Hooks say is the dominant minority group in some parts of the United States?
(a) Italians.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) Africans.
(d) Irish.

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

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

12. What did Hooks combine in Chapter 13?
(a) Education and religion.
(b) Love and marriage.
(c) Theory and practice.
(d) Truth and fiction.

13. How did Hooks view the instructional methods used by teachers?
(a) They vary according to the gender of the teacher.
(b) There are many to choose from.
(c) They vary according to the region of the country in which one lives.
(d) There are not many to choose from.

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

15. According to Hooks, the absence of _____ freed her mind.
(a) Her students.
(b) Her father.
(c) The thought of what she would be like as a professor.
(d) Her compassion for others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?

2. What did Hooks say is the most important thing for students and teachers to help implement improved strategies?

3. What did Hooks say should replace the hierarchies that are dismantled?

4. According to Chapter 9, what is much of "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" about?

5. What did Hooks say about black authors and feminist authors?

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