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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of students did Hooks find is hardest to teach?
(a) Those who are black.
(b) Those who are white.
(c) Those who are suspicious.
(d) Those who are male.

2. What effect does Hooks hope "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" will have on society?
(a) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the white American female situation.
(b) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the white American female situation.
(c) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the black American female situation.
(d) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the black American female situation.

3. What is the topic of the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?
(a) Opposition to the practice of racism.
(b) Promotion of the practice of sexism
(c) Opposition to the practice of rape.
(d) Promotion of the practice of interracial dating.

4. According to Chapter 10, during the period of slavery, owning what made the distinction between the wealthy and the poor?
(a) Horses.
(b) Children.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Land.

5. In Chapter 9, what group did Hooks say is the dominant minority group in some parts of the United States?
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Italians.
(c) Africans.
(d) Irish.

6. In Chapter 12, Hooks wrote about the patriarchal structure within what context?
(a) All black.
(b) All white.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Non-American.

7. In what year was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" published?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1994.

8. In terms of sharing their input, what did Hooks say about how many of her students feel?
(a) They do not think sharing their input is beneficial. Only the teacher's point-of-view should be heard.
(b) They cannot freely share their input.
(c) They can freely share their input.
(d) They may be able to freely share but they aren't sure.

9. In Chapter 12, Hooks reminded her readers of what being used in her childhood home?
(a) Violence.
(b) Feminist theory.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Nothing but love.

10. What did Hooks say about most white people during the period of slavery?
(a) They owned many slaves.
(b) They were too poor to own slaves.
(c) They were racist.
(d) They wanted to implement integration.

11. What is a difference between the upbringing of Hooks and her friend?
(a) She has a suburban upbringing while he has an urban upbringing.
(b) There is no difference. They both have a rural upbringing.
(c) She has an urban upbringing while he has a rural upbringing.
(d) She has a rural upbringing while he has an urban upbringing.

12. What did Hooks say women needed to move forward with?
(a) The social equivalent of objectives.
(b) The emotional equivalent of mission statements.
(c) The social equivalent of mission statements.
(d) The emotional equivalent of objectives.

13. In Chapter 8, Hooks spoke of the importance of doing what to people?
(a) Discouraging.
(b) Uplifting.
(c) Feeding.
(d) Physically fighting against.

14. How did Hooks view the instructional methods used by teachers?
(a) They vary according to the region of the country in which one lives.
(b) There are many to choose from.
(c) There are not many to choose from.
(d) They vary according to the gender of the teacher.

15. Chapter 14 said that it is also often the case that there is a particular strain of _____.
(a) Subordinate discourse.
(b) Dominant recourse.
(c) Dominant discourse.
(d) Subordinate recourse.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hooks, when is the system of oppression appropriate?

2. During the experiences mentioned in Chapter 8, silence of what issues ended for Hooks?

3. Hooks said what of each region of the United States?

4. What did Hooks think is necessary to dismantle?

5. According to Chapter 9, something about this book is symptomatic of what two things?

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