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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 a wealthy woman who works by choice?
2. Chapter 4 is an essay that mainly talked about how the works of Hooks' intellectual influence has been what?
3. The bulk of Hooks' "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" cites which of the following?
4. In choosing the profession she would like to pursue, which of the following strongly influenced her decision?
5. What type of theorist is the Latina theorist mentioned in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Hooks say "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" affected women who have been educated by the male system?
2. What did Hooks say about the general assessment of the theoretical works of women of color?
3. In terms of the types of job opportunities available for poor people, what was Hooks' view?
4. What description of her past did Hooks give in Chapter 5 that enabled the reader to understand her view of the patriarchal system?
5. What did Hooks say about the political nature of education?
6. What did Hooks say about the effect of the feminist theory?
7. According to Hooks, in what way did the concept of subject play a role?
8. What did Hooks say in Chapter 3 about individual instructors' ability to speak freely in meetings at Oberlin?
9. What were Hooks' views on nurturing independent thinking within the higher education environment?
10. Hooks' first experience of racial integration was during her post-secondary school years. What was her perception of integration and education?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was Hooks' experience with using liberating teaching methods in the classroom as opposed to traditional teaching methods? How did her students respond to the use of both methods?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe Hooks' relationship with Ron Scapp. Did they relate to each other romantically? How did they affect each other as teachers? How did race and gender play as factors in their relationship? How did people in the outside world receive them? Were their social class upbringings similar or different? How?
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