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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hooks say is a token of progress among women?
(a) Women's desire to fill roles traditionally held by women.
(b) Women giving birth to multiple babies.
(c) The fact that women work in male-dominated fields.
(d) The works women do in order to uplift the entire female gender.

2. Hooks said which of the following is most important for an effective educational process?
(a) Professionalism.
(b) Conflict.
(c) The text used.
(d) Participation.

3. Hooks said in the meetings, there were remarks made that could be considered which of the following?
(a) Racist or sexist.
(b) Religious or political.
(c) Political or racist.
(d) Religious or sexist.

4. In choosing the profession she would like to pursue, which of the following strongly influenced her decision?
(a) Parents' opinions.
(b) College professors.
(c) Social class and race.
(d) Marital status.

5. When did Hooks say finding a way to release the sense of dominance and oppression is crucial?
(a) When operating under a system of dominance.
(b) It is not necessary. The idea of dominance and oppression are essential to a society.
(c) Only when one is white.
(d) When operating under a system of oppression.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hooks feel within her family?

2. In terms of race, what type of attitude did Hooks discuss in Chapter 5?

3. The bulk of Hooks' "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" cites which of the following?

4. What was the first topic that Hooks talked about in Chapter 3?

5. When Hooks mentioned having meetings, who was initially a part of the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hooks describe dishonesty and how it can affect progress?

2. What did Hooks say about where the majority of feminist writings come from?

3. What were Hooks' views on nurturing independent thinking within the higher education environment?

4. In Chapter 6, what qualities did Hooks say a woman might possess to show that she is successful?

5. In terms of the types of job opportunities available for poor people, what was Hooks' view?

6. What did Hooks say is the other side to creating high standards of theoretical work that exclude certain groups?

7. What were the two possible reasons mentioned in Chapter 4 that explain why "bell hooks" did not capitalize her pseudonym?

8. Was Hooks' first integrated friendship received with open arms?

9. What role did Hooks say student participation plays in the education process?

10. What did Hooks say about the general assessment of the theoretical works of women of color?

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