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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was hooks's partner of 15 years unable to receive from her?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Sex.
(c) The love he had from his mother growing up.
(d) Money.

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

3. What does hooks say people have to do in order to know genuine love?
(a) Invest their savings.
(b) Invest their time and commitment.
(c) Have loved someone else before.
(d) Have been loved before.

4. What does hooks insist does not end when one begins to love?
(a) Joy.
(b) Life.
(c) Suffering and pain.
(d) Curiosity.

5. What does fear keep people from doing, according to hooks?
(a) Trusting in love.
(b) Finding romance.
(c) Having children.
(d) Living with joy.

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

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

8. 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.

9. What does hooks say of spiritual practice?
(a) It does not need to be affliated with organized religion.
(b) It is nice to try.
(c) It has to be affiliated with organized religion.
(d) It is not for everyone.

10. What has Marianne Williamson criticized in her writing?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Society's cynicism about sharing resources.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

11. What is the primary way hooks offers to resist greed?
(a) With the help of friends.
(b) With the help of family.
(c) By living simply.
(d) Through prayer.

12. What kind of family does hooks write that society values?
(a) Extended family.
(b) Chosen family.
(c) The nuclear family.
(d) Work family.

13. What does commitment to spiritual life require, as defined by hooks?
(a) A willingness to find peace.
(b) A commitment to God.
(c) A commitment to the church.
(d) A willingness to unite the way one thinks and acts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks write that giving in relationships entail?

2. What kind of family does hooks find valuable?

3. What does mass media tend to dwell on, according to hooks?

4. What is the first step, identified by hooks, of practicing love?

5. How does giving teach people?

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