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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are men inclined to see love in a patriarchal culture, according to hooks?
(a) As something they should give and not receive.
(b) As something they should give and receive.
(c) As something they should receive without giving back.
(d) As something unimportant.

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

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

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

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

6. What does hooks say happens when people practice love?
(a) They make new friends.
(b) They want to give more.
(c) They start new lives.
(d) They stop being mean.

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

8. Who does hooks say do not do the work that love demands, more often than not?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Old people.
(d) Children.

9. Hooks writes that people can successfully utilize love how?
(a) By cultivating awareness.
(b) By being nice to people.
(c) By finding God.
(d) By making friends.

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

11. What, according to hooks, does embracing love entail?
(a) Reuniting with family.
(b) Finding God.
(c) Utilizing all dimensions of love.
(d) Making friends.

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

13. What is a primary way to end oppression and domination?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Love.

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

15. What does hooks say endless craving lead to?
(a) Broken spirits.
(b) Love.
(c) Broken hearts.
(d) Fulfillment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does fear keep people from doing, according to hooks?

3. What does hooks say people have to do in order to know genuine love?

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

5. What place does hooks write that love allow people to enter?

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