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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. In Hooks' experience, what type of classes promotes a very high degree of the freedom of student involvement?
2. What Latina theorist did Hooks introduce in Chapter 5?
3. Hooks said when creating and sustaining theories, what difference is important to consider?
4. What type of person did Hooks say would most likely recognize how significant her work is?
5. What main concepts were used in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the two possible reasons mentioned in Chapter 4 that explain why "bell hooks" did not capitalize her pseudonym?
2. Hooks' first experience of racial integration was during her post-secondary school years. What was her perception of integration and education?
3. What examples did Hooks give in Chapter 6 about the signs of success for a man?
4. What role did Hooks say student participation plays in the education process?
5. In Chapter 5, what issue did Hook face again within academic atmospheres?
6. What did Hooks say about poor people and the need to earn money as adults?
7. What did Hooks say in Chapter 3 about individual instructors' ability to speak freely in meetings at Oberlin?
8. Was Hooks' first integrated friendship received with open arms?
9. What did Hooks say about the political nature of education?
10. What was the overall theme of "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" up to Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 12, what was Hooks' opinion of the way the public views feminist theory? What did she believe could happen because of this? Did she believe a feminist backlash had taken place? If so, what did she hope for in terms of a resolution?
Essay Topic 3
What two reasons were given for why Hooks used the pseudonym "bell hooks"? Why did she not use capital letters? Give specific examples of where these reasons were evident throughout the book.
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