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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 is the technical term for teaching?
(a) Pedagogy.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Educating.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

2. What personal experience did Hooks talk about in Chapter 2?
(a) Gender identification within schools.
(b) Racial segregation of schools.
(c) Racial integration of schools.
(d) Class discrimination in schools.

3. What did Hooks say she wants her readers to understand about the continuation of Chapter 5 with regard to analyzing theoretical works?
(a) It is impossible to analyze theoretical works accurately.
(b) It is partially about setting a standard and partially about holding to the standard.
(c) The theoretical works of women are the only type that should be analyzed.
(d) Theoretical works should only be analyzed by scholars.

4. Chapter 4 is an essay that mainly talked about how the works of Hooks' intellectual influence has been what?
(a) Hurtful.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Unnecessary.
(d) Controversial.

5. According to Hooks, "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" consists of a great amount of analysis that are natural and _____ for women.
(a) Important.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Unnecessary.
(d) Invalid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Hooks write the essay in Chapter 4?

3. What type of theorist is the Latina theorist mentioned in Chapter 5?

4. Who does Hooks believe is in charge of constituting what is considered good theory?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Hooks gave the audience her true name. What is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way did Hooks describe her feeling like an outsider within her own home?

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

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

4. What did Hooks say about self-actualization?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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