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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did hooks want to write this book?
(a) For fun.
(b) To call for a return to love.
(c) To warn people about romantic love.
(d) To discourage people from love.

2. What is one myth about lovelessness?
(a) It only exists in America.
(b) It only exists among the poor.
(c) It only exists among the rich.
(d) It is real.

3. Who in hooks' life have always lied?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Family.

4. What does patriarchal masculinity ask of men?
(a) To see themselves as above women.
(b) To see themselves as leaders.
(c) To see themselves as followers.
(d) To see themselves as inferior to women.

5. When, according to hooks, do people learn how to lie?
(a) During college.
(b) During childhood.
(c) During adulthood.
(d) During high school.

6. Where do many people turn to see their yearnings of love expressed?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Mass media.
(d) Their teachers.

7. What does one need to do to be well in one's soul?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Be nice to people.
(c) Confront lovelessness.
(d) Eat healthier.

8. What does living consciously mean, according to hooks?
(a) To think critically about oneself and the world.
(b) To think about one's family.
(c) To think only about oneself.
(d) To think about others.

9. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?
(a) Graffiti art.
(b) Pots and pans.
(c) Photos.
(d) Paintings.

10. Who is M. Scott Peck?
(a) A psychiatrist.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A chef.
(d) An actor.

11. What, according to hooks, is privacy often confused with?
(a) Lying.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Being rude.
(d) Secracy.

12. What negates love, according to hooks?
(a) Abuse and neglect.
(b) Power.
(c) Justice.
(d) Community.

13. What is the foundation of loving practice, according to hooks?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Charity.
(c) Self-love.
(d) Revenge.

14. How is love often depicted in pop culture?
(a) As fantasy.
(b) Authentically.
(c) As a reflection of reality.
(d) Somewhat authentically.

15. What is hooks reminded of every day when she goes into her kitchen?
(a) That love is useless.
(b) That love is not real.
(c) That love can be found.
(d) That love is only for certain people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks insist people not born knowing how to do?

2. What do many books about love tend to avoid?

3. What happened to hooks at 40 years of age?

4. Why does hooks fear for young people?

5. What was hooks personally given by an artist?

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