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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. In Chapter 12, what did Hooks say about the experience of white women?
2. What did Hooks say about black authors and feminist authors?
3. Chapter 14 said that it is also often the case that there is a particular strain of _____.
4. What feeling towards men in her adult life did Hooks have as a result of her childhood?
5. What did Hooks say would be the experience for American blacks?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, what hierarchies did Hooks talk about dismantling? What will replace them?
2. According to Chapter 9, in what way was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" a failure?
3. According to Hooks, what affected how she subjectively related to teaching?
4. What was the main issue addressed in Chapter 13? What was the first thing mentioned about this issue?
5. What was Hooks' profession at the time she wrote this book? When was the book published?
6. What did Hooks say about a woman's social status and its connection to her partner?
7. What did Hooks say about the relationship between black and white women and white women and black men?
8. What did Hooks say about the method she used to teach her students when the majority of them were black?
9. What did Hooks say in Chapter 12 about the present state of feminist theory?
10. What group did Hooks thank as being the first audience who gave her the opportunity to discuss the main topic of Chapter 15 candidly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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?
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