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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the first topic that Hooks talked about in Chapter 3?

3. Hooks said a woman with a high-paying career could represent which of the following?

4. Which of the following is a factor that Hooks said affected her career path?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did Hooks say student participation plays in the education process?

2. What did Hooks say in Chapter 3 about individual instructors' ability to speak freely in meetings at Oberlin?

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

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

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

6. What form of speech did Hooks use to describe Paulo Freire, one of her intellectual influences?

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

8. What did Hooks say about self-actualization?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What two reasons were given for why Hooks used the pseudonym "bell hooks"? Why did she not use capital letters? Give specific examples of where these reasons were evident throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Hooks' overall perception of black women and white women. What similarities does she mention between the two groups? What differences? What does Hooks say is the focus of white women who are involved in feminist theory? What about the black women involved in feminist theory? How do the black and white women interact when it comes to competing for the attention of black men?

Essay Topic 3

Was the manner in which Hooks taught different when the majority of students were black as opposed to a majority of white? Explain how. How did she say her black students reacted to the white perspective of feminism?

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