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

2. According to Hooks in the continuation of Chapter 5, when is it important to consider the differences between classes?
(a) When establishing and maintaining theories.
(b) When maintaining theories.
(c) Considering class differences is a form of discrimination and should never be done.
(d) When establishing theories.

3. In Hooks' experience, what type of classes promotes a very high degree of the freedom of student involvement?
(a) Interior Design.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Women's Studies.
(d) History.

4. Hooks said a woman with a high-paying career could represent which of the following?
(a) Financial failure.
(b) Success for the woman.
(c) This is not an accurate picture of what women are capable of doing.
(d) Success for the woman's husband.

5. 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 works women do in order to uplift the entire female gender.
(d) The fact that women work in male-dominated fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 6 mentioned what type of divisions between minority groups?

2. What did Hooks say is necessary in order to achieve higher quality results when analyzing theoretical works?

3. Of feminist theories, Hooks said that they will be great in what?

4. Whose theoretical work did Hooks say may not properly be assessed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Hooks say in Chapter 3 about individual instructors' ability to speak freely in meetings at Oberlin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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