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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 did Hooks say is the most important thing for students and teachers to help implement improved strategies?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Complacency.
(c) Monologue.
(d) Fear.

2. Chapter 14 said that it is also often the case that there is a particular strain of _____.
(a) Subordinate discourse.
(b) Subordinate recourse.
(c) Dominant recourse.
(d) Dominant discourse.

3. What is one problem Hooks addressed with regard to the works of blacks and women?
(a) When they are not included and therefore have no attendant changes in pedagogy.
(b) When they are included and have attendant changes in pedagogy.
(c) When they are included but without any attendant changes in pedagogy.
(d) When they are not included and have attendant changes in pedagogy.

4. What is the topic of the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?
(a) Promotion of the practice of interracial dating.
(b) Opposition to the practice of racism.
(c) Opposition to the practice of rape.
(d) Promotion of the practice of sexism

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context of class, what did Hooks say could happen to the status of the black partner within an interracial (black/white) relationship?

2. In terms of feminist scholarship, what did Hooks say she was thankful for?

3. In what year was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" published?

4. How did Hooks view the instructional methods used by teachers?

5. According to Hooks, the absence of _____ freed her mind.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Ron Scapp? What role did he play in Hooks' life?

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

6. How did Hooks address the issue of dominance in Chapter 8?

7. What did Hooks say about the relationship between black and white women and white women and black men?

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

9. What group did Hooks thank as being the first audience who gave her the opportunity to discuss the main topic of Chapter 15 candidly?

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

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