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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. When Hooks was speaking of oppression in Chapter 8, to whom was she referring?
(a) Women in the workplace.
(b) Girls.
(c) Boys.
(d) Elderly men and women.

2. What did Hooks say affects how she subjectively relates to teaching?
(a) Other people's opinions of her.
(b) Only the lack of preconceived notions.
(c) Preconceived notions and lack thereof.
(d) Only her preconceived notions.

3. What type of market did "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" appeal to?
(a) Those outside of universities.
(b) Faculty within universities.
(c) Students and faculty of secondary schools.
(d) Students within universities.

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

5. According to Chapter 9, something about this book is symptomatic of what two things?
(a) Success and failure.
(b) Good and bad.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Prettiness and ugliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hooks write about people who are experiencing very oppressive conditions?

2. What racial tension did Hooks mention in Chapter 12 that she mentioned in previous chapters?

3. In terms of sharing their input, what did Hooks say about how many of her students feel?

4. What is the great leap forward that Hooks received from one of her male students?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What accusation did Hooks say many black men face when in a relationship with a white woman?

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

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 language and its influence on the learning process?

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

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

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

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

9. What group did Hooks thank as being the first audience who gave her the opportunity to discuss the main topic of Chapter 15 candidly?

10. What did Hooks say about the relationship between black and white women and white women and black men?

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