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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one way hooks identifies to express love?
(a) By making food for others.
(b) By sharing resources.
(c) By being nice to people.
(d) By giving money to the homeless.

2. Where does hooks write is a good place to build community?
(a) In loving friendships.
(b) College.
(c) In a family.
(d) At work.

3. What is the primary vehicle for promotion of greed, as identified by hooks?
(a) Music.
(b) Mass media.
(c) Movies.
(d) People.

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

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

6. How does hooks see love?
(a) As an action.
(b) As a feeling.
(c) As a noun.
(d) As a fantasy.

7. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. say about love?
(a) It is useless.
(b) It is hard to receive.
(c) That it is a spiritual force that unifies all life.
(d) It is hard to give.

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

9. What is the second step, identified by hooks, on love's path?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Loving someone else.
(c) Communication.
(d) Letting someone love you.

10. Who wrote The Bluest Eye?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Claude McKay.
(c) Aurdre Lorde.
(d) James Baldwin.

11. What can people achieve when their passions give them courage to face reality?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Success.
(c) "Perfect love."
(d) Growth.

12. What does hooks identify as a weapon against greed?
(a) Art.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Music.
(d) Generosity.

13. What does greed motivate people to do, according to hooks?
(a) To be selfish.
(b) To live dangerously.
(c) To make friends.
(d) To be mean.

14. What does hooks not believe in?
(a) Magic.
(b) That people can find love.
(c) God.
(d) That people can just "fall in love."

15. What was hooks unable to receive from her partner of 15 years?
(a) Sex.
(b) Money.
(c) Marriage.
(d) The love she needed from her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks identify as a breeding ground for overconsumption?

2. What does hooks say is healing to the spirit?

3. What are central causes of depression and despair?

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

5. What does hooks say of spiritual practice?

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