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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 write about people who are experiencing very oppressive conditions?
2. What did Hooks say the American population is going to be a reconfiguration of?
3. According to Hooks, where and how to teach greatly affects whom?
4. In which of the following did Hooks NOT say the patriarchal structure was the ruling force of?
5. In Chapter 8, Hooks spoke of the importance of doing what to people?
Short Essay Questions
1. Hooks said that teachers sometimes felt that their creativity was being suppressed. In what way?
2. Hooks used Chapter 9 to do what with many of the ideas she previously discussed? How did the readers feel about these ideas?
3. According to Chapter 9, in what way was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" a failure?
4. How did Hooks address the issue of dominance in Chapter 8?
5. What did Hooks say about a woman's social status and its connection to her partner?
6. What did Hooks say about language and its influence on the learning process?
7. According to Hooks, what affected how she subjectively related to teaching?
8. What did Hooks say in Chapter 12 about the present state of feminist theory?
9. What special characteristics are mentioned about Chapter 12?
10. What was Hooks' profession at the time she wrote this book? When was the book published?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What did Hooks say about a poor woman's need for making money as an adult? What did these women consider a good job? Generally, what did their job prospects look like?
Essay Topic 3
What did Hooks say about women who only participate in the Women's Studies or feminist theory aspects of education? What of their minds? Is this practice different from women's experiences in everyday life? How?
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