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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. According to Hooks, when is the system of oppression appropriate?
(a) When doing away with it would cause more harm than good.
(b) When it is done in a friendly manner.
(c) When it is backed by the government.
(d) The system of oppression is never appropriate.

2. What did Hooks say about the set of actions of behaviors that teachers can exhibit?
(a) They are standard across the board.
(b) They are limited.
(c) They vary from time to time.
(d) They are plentiful.

3. How did Hooks say black and white women are treated?
(a) They are treated as if they are an important part of society.
(b) They are treated as if they are in mutual sexual competition with each other.
(c) They are treated no differently than black and white men.
(d) They are treated as if they are second-class citizens.

4. What feeling towards men in her adult life did Hooks have as a result of her childhood?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Confidence.

5. Who was the main target audience of this book?
(a) White women.
(b) Black women.
(c) Black men.
(d) White men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooks say about black authors and feminist authors?

2. In Chapter 8, Hooks spoke of the importance of doing what to people?

3. What did Hooks combine in Chapter 13?

4. Hooks talked about making space for what?

5. What group of students did Hooks find is hardest to teach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 9, in what way was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" a failure?

3. What did Hooks say in Chapter 12 about the present state of feminist theory?

4. What does Hooks say about her students and liberating practices?

5. How did Hooks describe the patriarchal system she grew up in?

6. Hooks used Chapter 9 to do what with many of the ideas she previously discussed? How did the readers feel about these ideas?

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

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

9. In Chapter 8, what hierarchies did Hooks talk about dismantling? What will replace them?

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

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