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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 about the works that were published by the Latina theorist mentioned?
(a) They did not affect the lives of anyone.
(b) They did receive the honor they were due.
(c) They did not receive the honor they were due.
(d) They were originally written in Mandarin.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Hooks gave the audience her true name. What is it?
(a) Gloria Watkins.
(b) Elizabeth Brown.
(c) Amy Wright.
(d) Sally Williams.

3. What did the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say at the end of the chapter?
(a) Men are the ones who need to develop male psychological theories and practices.
(b) Women are the ones who need to develop male social theories and practices.
(c) Men are the ones who need to develop female social theories and practices.
(d) Women are the ones who need to develop female psychological theories and practices.

4. Hooks said teachers do best when they are what type of people?
(a) Self-absorbed people.
(b) Self-hating people.
(c) Self-actualizing people.
(d) High self-esteemed people.

5. What did the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say about himself?
(a) He did what he could but what he could was absolutely limited by his own maleness.
(b) His ideas are superior to those of his female counterparts.
(c) She did what she could but what she could was absolutely limited by her own femaleness.
(d) Her ideas are superior to those of his male counterparts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooks feel like she was always punished for?

2. What did Hooks say about male colleagues' lack of interest or unwillingness to listen to his female counterparts?

3. What did Hooks say about some deceptions?

4. At what point in her school career did Hooks' personal experience take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hooks say about self-actualization?

2. How did Hooks say "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" affected women who have been educated by the male system?

3. What did Hooks say about the effect of the feminist theory?

4. According to Hooks, in what way did the concept of subject play a role?

5. In Chapter 1, what did Hooks say about the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh?

6. Why did Hooks feel like her theoretical works were harshly criticized?

7. How did Hooks say it made her feel when she was not heard by her male colleagues?

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

9. In Chapter 5, what issue did Hook face again within academic atmospheres?

10. What did Hooks say about the political nature of education?

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