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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 was the first observation that Hooks makes with regard to the main issue she is going to talk about in Chapter 15?
2. What is the topic of the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?
3. How did Hooks say black and white women are treated?
4. Hooks said that many white women are racist in what ways?
5. When Hooks teaches feminist theory classes that include a majority of white women, what interest does she find that many of the women have in feminist theory?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What did Hooks notice about classes that consisted mainly of white women concerning their interest in feminist theory?
3. What was the main issue addressed in Chapter 13? What was the first thing mentioned about this issue?
4. What did Hooks say about the method she used to teach her students when the majority of them were black?
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 special characteristics are mentioned about Chapter 12?
8. What did Hooks say in Chapter 12 about the present state of feminist theory?
9. What did Hooks say about the relationship between black and white women and white women and black men?
10. What did Hooks observe about the relationship between black women and white men? In what contexts did she speak of this relationship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Who is Chela Sandoval? What role did she play in Hooks' life in terms of teaching and education as a whole? What did Hooks think of Sandoval's work? What did Hooks say the public thinks of Sandoval's work?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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