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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The friend of whom Hooks speaks in Chapter 13, is of what race?
(a) Asian.
(b) Caucasian.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) African American.

3. For whom did Hooks say the purpose of higher education is to secure job training?
(a) Bob.
(b) Tom.
(c) John.
(d) Ron.

4. What did Hooks combine in Chapter 13?
(a) Love and marriage.
(b) Truth and fiction.
(c) Education and religion.
(d) Theory and practice.

5. What is one problem Hooks addressed with regard to the works of blacks and women?
(a) When they are not included and have attendant changes in pedagogy.
(b) When they are included and have attendant changes in pedagogy.
(c) When they are included but without any attendant changes in pedagogy.
(d) When they are not included and therefore have no attendant changes in pedagogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Chapter 14 said that Chapter 15 is devoted to what type of issues?

3. Hooks talked about making space for what?

4. What did Hooks say is now the reputation of feminist theory?

5. In Chapter 14, what did Hooks say has influenced the learning process?

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 special characteristics are mentioned about Chapter 12?

3. What did Hooks say about a woman's social status and its connection to her partner?

4. According to Chapter 9, in what way was "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" a failure?

5. What did Hooks say about the method she used to teach her students when the majority of them were black?

6. What racial topic did Hooks mention in Chapter 12 that was mentioned in previous chapters?

7. What does Hooks say about her students and liberating practices?

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

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

10. Hooks used Chapter 9 to do what with many of the ideas she previously discussed? How did the readers feel about these ideas?

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