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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is easier to fulfill than emotional needs, according to hooks?
(a) Material desires.
(b) Sexual desires.
(c) Nothing is easier to fulfill than emotional needs.
(d) Career goals.

2. What does hooks say gives people strength to live?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) God.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Goodness.

3. Why is listening important for loving practice, according to hooks?
(a) One cannot communicate properly if one does not know how to listen.
(b) People in romantic relationships needs to listen to each other.
(c) Listening makes you lovable.
(d) Listening makes you a good person.

4. What does hooks say is healing to the spirit?
(a) Eating.
(b) Giving.
(c) Religion.
(d) Receiving.

5. What rapper did hooks interview?
(a) Lil' Kim.
(b) Snoop Dogg.
(c) Cardi B.
(d) Kanye West.

6. What is the heartbeat of genuine love, according to hooks?
(a) Trust.
(b) Community.
(c) Power.
(d) Strength.

7. What does hooks see spiritual teachings as a guide for?
(a) Lost souls.
(b) Romantic relationships.
(c) Reflection and action.
(d) A relationship with God.

8. What was hooks confident about in her twenties?
(a) That she would find love.
(b) That she would get into grad school.
(c) That she would get a high-paying job.
(d) That she knew what love was about.

9. Who can be swept away by power and privilege, according to hooks?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Anyone.
(d) Nobody.

10. What does hooks write that giving in relationships entail?
(a) Being sensitive.
(b) Realizing when someone wants to be alone.
(c) Being selfless.
(d) Recognizing when another person needs attention.

11. What does hooks identify as an ideal place to learn the art of loving?
(a) In a family.
(b) College.
(c) In community.
(d) Graduate school.

12. What does hooks say is everything?
(a) Humanity.
(b) God.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Love.

13. What, according to hooks, happens when people choose to love?
(a) The make families.
(b) They act against fear.
(c) They make more friends.
(d) They find romance.

14. What does a lot of self-help literature normalize?
(a) Racism.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Lying.

15. What does hooks write is an important part of communication?
(a) Writing.
(b) Active listening.
(c) Expressing opinions.
(d) Talking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was hooks unable to receive from her partner of 15 years?

2. How did hooks manage to thrive growing up despite her dysfunctional family?

3. What are central causes of depression and despair?

4. Where does hooks write is a good place to build community?

5. How did Toni Morrison identify love?

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