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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. What type of tension did Hooks say is apparent in the teaching profession?
2. What did Hooks say about the psyche of women?
3. According to Hooks, "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" consists of a great amount of analysis that are natural and _____ for women.
4. At the end of Chapter 3, what school did Hooks mention?
5. At what point in her school career did Hooks' personal experience take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Hooks say about the general assessment of the theoretical works of women of color?
2. What did Hooks say about where the majority of feminist writings come from?
3. What role did Hooks say student participation plays in the education process?
4. How did Hooks say "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" affected women who have been educated by the male system?
5. What did Hooks say in Chapter 3 about individual instructors' ability to speak freely in meetings at Oberlin?
6. What did Hooks say is the other side to creating high standards of theoretical work that exclude certain groups?
7. What examples did Hooks give in Chapter 6 about the signs of success for a man?
8. In what way did Hooks describe her feeling like an outsider within her own home?
9. In Chapter 5, what issue did Hook face again within academic atmospheres?
10. What did Hooks say about the effect of the feminist theory?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What did Hooks say about women who only participate in the Women's Studies or feminist theory aspects of education? What of their minds? Is this practice different from women's experiences in everyday life? How?
Essay Topic 2
What perspectives did Hooks experience with regard to sexuality and education? How did they influence the way she taught? How did these experiences ultimately resolve? What place did Hooks say sexuality should have in education?
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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