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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 Hooks, where and how to teach greatly affects whom?

2. Chapter 14 said that it is also often the case that there is a particular strain of _____.

3. What did Hooks say about women concerning many of the ideas she addressed in the book?

4. In Chapter 9, what group did Hooks say is the dominant minority group in some parts of the United States?

5. How did many of Hooks' male students feel about gender issues?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Hooks notice about classes that consisted mainly of white women concerning their interest in feminist theory?

3. What special characteristics are mentioned about Chapter 12?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Who was Ron Scapp? What role did he play in Hooks' life?

8. Who is the target audience for "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" and what does this mean?

9. What did Hooks say about her making space for others to speak about class, race and gender issues?

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

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

What two reasons were given for why Hooks used the pseudonym "bell hooks"? Why did she not use capital letters? Give specific examples of where these reasons were evident throughout the book.

Essay Topic 3

How did Hooks feel about her work not being published by a university publishing company? What possible reason did she give for why it was not? What effect did this have on her?

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