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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 a difference between the upbringing of Hooks and her friend?
(a) She has an urban upbringing while he has a rural upbringing.
(b) She has a suburban upbringing while he has an urban upbringing.
(c) There is no difference. They both have a rural upbringing.
(d) She has a rural upbringing while he has an urban upbringing.

2. What effect does Hooks hope "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" will have on society?
(a) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the white American female situation.
(b) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the black American female situation.
(c) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the white American female situation.
(d) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the black American female situation.

3. How did many of Hooks' male students feel about gender issues?
(a) They felt like they already had a good grasp on the issues of gender and sexism.
(b) They felt like the issues of gender and sexism do not exist.
(c) They felt like they were being pushed to learn about them and recognize sexism within society.
(d) They felt like the issues of gender and sexism were not relevant to their lives and therefore, it is not necessary for them to learn about it.

4. In terms of feminist scholarship, what did Hooks say she was thankful for?
(a) She was thankful that she has received little opposition along the way.
(b) She was thankful that it has become safer for women to do the work necessary.
(c) She was thankful that many of her male colleagues have agreed to help her.
(d) She was thankful that there have been many books written to support the cause.

5. What did Hooks think is necessary to dismantle?
(a) Integration and matriarchy.
(b) White supremacy and patriarchy.
(c) Religion and patriarchy.
(d) Politics and matriarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the major problem Hooks faced within the patriarchal framework?

2. In Chapter 12, Hooks wrote about the patriarchal structure within what context?

3. According to Chapter 9, something about this book is symptomatic of what two things?

4. What did Hooks write about people who are experiencing very oppressive conditions?

5. According to Hooks, where and how to teach greatly affects whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 14 gave a preview to the main topic addressed in Chapter 15. What was the issue? What was the first observation that Hooks made?

2. What did Hooks notice about classes that consisted mainly of white women concerning their interest in feminist theory?

3. What did Hooks say about black authors and feminists being one in the same?

4. What did Hooks say about her making space for others to speak about class, race and gender issues?

5. Hooks said that teachers sometimes felt that their creativity was being suppressed. In what way?

6. What did Hooks observe about the relationship between black women and white men? In what contexts did she speak of this relationship?

7. What did Hooks say about girls and the oppressive conditions they face?

8. What did Hooks say about a woman's social status and its connection to her partner?

9. Who is the target audience for "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" and what does this mean?

10. According to Hooks, what affected how she subjectively related to teaching?

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