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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. When did Hooks say finding a way to release the sense of dominance and oppression is crucial?

2. What is different about the way Hooks prints her pseudonym on the cover of the book than you would find on most books?

3. What did Hooks say about the works that were published by the Latina theorist mentioned?

4. According to Hooks, what should be a teacher's role with regard to students within a classroom and their interaction with other students in the classroom?

5. According to Hooks, what is the great road of progress for poor men and women with regard to employment?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what issue did Hook face again within academic atmospheres?

2. How did Hooks say it made her feel when she was not heard by her male colleagues?

3. What were the two possible reasons mentioned in Chapter 4 that explain why "bell hooks" did not capitalize her pseudonym?

4. In Chapter 1, what did Hooks say about the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh?

5. In terms of the types of job opportunities available for poor people, what was Hooks' view?

6. What did Hooks say about the political nature of education?

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

8. What did Hooks say about the general assessment of the theoretical works of women of color?

9. In what way did Hooks describe her feeling like an outsider within her own home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Hooks feel about her work not being published by a university publishing company? What possible reason did she give for why it was not? What effect did this have on her?

Essay Topic 2

What social class did Hooks grow up in? Did this affect her social class as an adult? Are there other aspects of her life affected by her class as a child? How did Hooks relate one's class to how they learn?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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