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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. At the end of Chapter 3, what school did Hooks mention?
(a) Oberlin College.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) University of Massachusetts.
(d) Northwestern University.

2. What did Hooks mention as a tool that cuts both ways with regard to progress?
(a) Judgmental attitude.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Love.

3. 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.

4. Whom did Hooks say writes the majority of feminist works?
(a) Privileged white women.
(b) Poor black women.
(c) Privileged black women.
(d) Poor white women.

5. What did Hooks say is necessary in order to achieve higher quality results when analyzing theoretical works?
(a) Controls with flexibility.
(b) Works written by men.
(c) Works written by women.
(d) Firm controls.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What Latina theorist did Hooks introduce in Chapter 5?

4. What need/expectation did Hooks say is common in poorer women?

5. Which of the following did Hooks say is a feminist statement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hooks say about poor people and the need to earn money as adults?

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. Hooks' first experience of racial integration was during her post-secondary school years. What was her perception of integration and education?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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