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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 is a token of progress among women?

2. What type of person did Hooks say would most likely recognize how significant her work is?

3. In Chapter 1, whose work did Hooks mention?

4. What theorist did Hooks mention at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What did Hooks say about a wealthy woman who works by choice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What description of her past did Hooks give in Chapter 5 that enabled the reader to understand her view of the patriarchal system?

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

10. What did Hooks say is the other side to creating high standards of theoretical work that exclude certain groups?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Hooks' overall perception of black women and white women. What similarities does she mention between the two groups? What differences? What does Hooks say is the focus of white women who are involved in feminist theory? What about the black women involved in feminist theory? How do the black and white women interact when it comes to competing for the attention of black men?

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

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?

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