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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling towards men in her adult life did Hooks have as a result of her childhood?
(a) Fear.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Love.
(d) Confidence.

2. Chapter 9 said that Hooks' work would have been published through what system if it hadn't been flawed?
(a) Feminist.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Religious system.
(d) Political system.

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

4. When Hooks was speaking of oppression in Chapter 8, to whom was she referring?
(a) Women in the workplace.
(b) Boys.
(c) Girls.
(d) Elderly men and women.

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

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

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

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

9. How did Hooks say black and white women are treated?
(a) They are treated as if they are an important part of society.
(b) They are treated no differently than black and white men.
(c) They are treated as if they are in mutual sexual competition with each other.
(d) They are treated as if they are second-class citizens.

10. What is the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?
(a) A poem.
(b) A novel.
(c) Music.
(d) A speech.

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

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

13. According to Chapter 9, something about this book is symptomatic of what two things?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Prettiness and ugliness.
(c) Success and failure.
(d) Good and bad.

14. Chapter 14 said that Chapter 15 is devoted to what type of issues?
(a) Age.
(b) Class.
(c) Race.
(d) Educational.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Hooks say is expected to accept a greater degree of being silenced?

2. Which of the following is one type of course that Hooks has taught?

3. According to Chapter 10, many believed sexual relationships across racial boundaries are which of the following?

4. According to Hooks, who are more vulnerable to white men than white women?

5. What was the major problem Hooks faced within the patriarchal framework?

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