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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. According to Chapter 9, what is much of "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" about?
2. What was the profession of Hooks' friend?
3. What did Hooks combine in Chapter 13?
4. Hooks said what of each region of the United States?
5. What did Hooks say about black authors and feminist authors?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Hooks say in Chapter 12 about the present state of feminist theory?
2. According to Hooks, what affected how she subjectively related to teaching?
3. What does Hooks say about her students and liberating practices?
4. 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?
5. According to Chapter 9, in what way was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" a failure?
6. What was Hooks' profession at the time she wrote this book? When was the book published?
7. What did Hooks say about the relationship between black and white women and white women and black men?
8. In Chapter 8, what hierarchies did Hooks talk about dismantling? What will replace them?
9. What did Hooks say about language and its influence on the learning process?
10. What did Hooks say about her making space for others to speak about class, race and gender issues?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Hooks' experience with integration of schools. Was it positive or negative? What did she learn from the experience? How did this integration serve as a historical moment for Hooks later in life?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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