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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do pained people often believe will save them, according to hooks?
(a) Romantic relationships.
(b) God.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Education.

2. What does hooks say people need to confront head on?
(a) Their past.
(b) The pain of lovelessness.
(c) Their fears.
(d) Their current struggles.

3. What does hooks say people must surrender to know love?
(a) Worldly possessions.
(b) Their attachment to sexist thinking.
(c) Moral values.
(d) Bad habits.

4. What does mass media tend to dwell on, according to hooks?
(a) Violence and domination.
(b) Romance.
(c) Sex.
(d) Love.

5. What place does hooks write that love allow people to enter?
(a) College.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Canada.
(d) Paradise.

6. How did hooks manage to thrive growing up despite her dysfunctional family?
(a) With the help of religion.
(b) With the help of her pets.
(c) With the help of her extended family.
(d) With the help of therapists.

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

8. What is a false notion of love, according to hooks?
(a) That love is for everyone.
(b) That love provides happiness.
(c) That love provides a constant state of bliss.
(d) That love is real.

9. What do a lot of people experience, as addressed in Chapter 7?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Romance.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Alienation.

10. What does hooks say about power in relationships?
(a) Good relationships are not concerned about power.
(b) Love and power cannot coexist.
(c) Love will not prevail if one person wants to maintain control.
(d) There is always a power struggle.

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

12. What does hooks think everyone needs to be in touch with?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their spiritual needs.
(c) Their emotions.
(d) Their friends.

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

14. Who is Erich Fromm?
(a) A singer.
(b) A chef.
(c) An actor.
(d) A social psychologist.

15. What does hooks say is largely absent from modern writing about love?
(a) The politicization of love.
(b) The joys of love.
(c) The struggles of love.
(d) The importance of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second step, identified by hooks, on love's path?

2. What has Marianne Williamson criticized in her writing?

3. What does hooks identify as an ideal place to learn the art of loving?

4. How does giving teach people?

5. What is easier to fulfill than emotional needs, according to hooks?

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