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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 about the set of actions of behaviors that teachers can exhibit?

2. What did Hooks discuss in Chapter 13?

3. How did Hooks say black and white women are treated?

4. In the context of class, what did Hooks say could happen to the status of the black partner within an interracial (black/white) relationship?

5. What did Chapter 14 say about the role the students say the teacher has in the learning process?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hooks said that teachers sometimes felt that their creativity was being suppressed. In what way?

2. What accusation did Hooks say many black men face when in a relationship with a white woman?

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

4. How did Hooks address the issue of dominance in Chapter 8?

5. What did Hooks say in Chapter 12 about the present state of feminist theory?

6. What did Hooks say about girls and the oppressive conditions they face?

7. How did Hooks describe the patriarchal system she grew up in?

8. In Chapter 8, what hierarchies did Hooks talk about dismantling? What will replace them?

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

10. According to Hooks, what affected how she subjectively related to teaching?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hooks mentioned several of her life experiences from childhood to adulthood. Do you think this was ONLY to give you background about her? If so, why do you feel that is significant? If not, do you think those experiences greatly influenced her to become a teacher or to write this book? If so, give specific examples mentioned in the book and correlate them to why she became a teacher or wrote the book?

Essay Topic 2

How did Hooks associate language with learning and her students? How did her students feel about being able to speak in the classroom? How did Hooks feel about her ability to speak within the classroom? Did anyone influence how she speaks and what she teaches?

Essay Topic 3

As a child, what was Hooks' experience with the patriarchal system? Was it something she agreed or disagreed with? How did she approach the patriarchal system as an adult? How is "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" influenced by the patriarchal system?

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