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

2. What did Hooks say about the psyche of women?

3. Whom did Hooks say writes the majority of feminist works?

4. In Chapter 2, what type of person did Hooks say she made friends with?

5. In Chapter 5, Hooks brought up the idea of race in what type of atmosphere?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hooks say about the psyches of women?

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

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

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

5. What did Hooks say about the effect of the feminist theory?

6. How did Hooks describe dishonesty and how it can affect progress?

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

8. What examples did Hooks give in Chapter 6 about the signs of success for a man?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Hooks associate language with learning and her students? How did her students feel about being able to speak in the classroom? How did Hooks feel about her ability to speak within the classroom? Did anyone influence how she speaks and what she teaches?

Essay Topic 2

Hooks mentioned several of her life experiences from childhood to adulthood. Do you think this was ONLY to give you background about her? If so, why do you feel that is significant? If not, do you think those experiences greatly influenced her to become a teacher or to write this book? If so, give specific examples mentioned in the book and correlate them to why she became a teacher or wrote the book?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Hook's view of white supremacy. Did she agree that this concept was a necessary part of society? If not, what did she agree with in its place? What examples did Hooks give of times in her life that she was exposed to this notion?

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