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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 is the topic of the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?

2. Hooks said a woman's attachment to a given man could do what?

3. In terms of sharing their input, what did Hooks say about how many of her students feel?

4. What did Hooks say about the gender gap between black men and white women?

5. What relationship did Hooks say the formerly oppressed should have with former oppressors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Hooks' profession at the time she wrote this book? When was the book published?

2. What did Hooks observe about the relationship between black women and white men? In what contexts did she speak of this relationship?

3. What did Hooks say about her making space for others to speak about class, race and gender issues?

4. What did Hooks say about black authors and feminists being one in the same?

5. According to Chapter 9, in what way was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" a failure?

6. Hooks used Chapter 9 to do what with many of the ideas she previously discussed? How did the readers feel about these ideas?

7. Who was Ron Scapp? What role did he play in Hooks' life?

8. Chapter 14 gave a preview to the main topic addressed in Chapter 15. What was the issue? What was the first observation that Hooks made?

9. Who is the target audience for "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" and what does this mean?

10. What racial topic did Hooks mention in Chapter 12 that was mentioned in previous chapters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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