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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 the theorist mentioned in Chapter 7 say at the end of the chapter?

2. What did Hooks feel like she was always punished for?

3. What did Hooks say she wants her readers to understand about the continuation of Chapter 5 with regard to analyzing theoretical works?

4. Chapter 6 mentioned what type of divisions between minority groups?

5. What Latina theorist did Hooks introduce in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Hooks' first integrated friendship received with open arms?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 6, what qualities did Hooks say a woman might possess to show that she is successful?

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

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

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

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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