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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Which school year reunion did Hooks mention in Chapter 2?
(a) 15th year.
(b) 30th year.
(c) 10th year.
(d) 20th year.

2. In Chapter 5, Hooks brought up the idea of race in what type of atmosphere?
(a) Poor.
(b) Academic.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Social.

3. According to Hooks, what should be a teacher's role with regard to students within a classroom and their interaction with other students in the classroom?
(a) The teacher should request that the students only pay attention to the teacher.
(b) The teacher should not address the issue of interaction. He/she should allow the students to decide what is best.
(c) The teacher should encourage the interaction between the students.
(d) The teacher should discourage interaction between the students and the teacher. Ask the students to focus solely on the text.

4. Whose theoretical work did Hooks say may not properly be assessed?
(a) That of "colored men."
(b) That of "colored women."
(c) That of white men.
(d) That of white women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hooks' experience, what type of classes promotes a very high degree of the freedom of student involvement?

2. Hooks said who must be happy in order for education to be most effective?

3. According to Hooks, when is the profession of teaching best served?

4. In Chapter 5, what was the relationship status of Hooks' parents?

5. What did the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say at the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What description of her past did Hooks give in Chapter 5 that enabled the reader to understand her view of the patriarchal system?

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

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

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

7. What did Hooks say about the psyches of women?

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

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

10. What was the overall theme of "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" up to Chapter 6?

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