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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did hooks realize as a child?
(a) She hates love.
(b) Love is for losers.
(c) Life was not worth living without love.
(d) Love is unnecessary.

2. Why does hooks encourage readers to let go of grief?
(a) To make more money.
(b) To know love again.
(c) She does not encourage readers to let go of grief.
(d) To be more productive.

3. What happened to hooks at 40 years of age?
(a) She was diagnosed with an illness.
(b) She moved abroad.
(c) She got a cat.
(d) She got married.

4. Why does hooks believe it is easier for men to lie?
(a) It is not easy for men to lie.
(b) Lying comes naturally to men.
(c) Men are more easily forgiven for lying.
(d) Men are supposed to lie.

5. What are boys often taught at a young age?
(a) To express their emotions.
(b) How to build houses.
(c) To suppress their emotions.
(d) How to respect women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hooks reminded of every day when she goes into her kitchen?

2. What are the foundations of love, according to hooks?

3. What does hooks say is at the heart of justice?

4. What is the foundation of loving practice, according to hooks?

5. What does consumer culture trick people into thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was hooks able to do once she stopped mourning her past?

2. What does hooks say cannot coexist with love?

3. What do children associate with love, according to hooks?

4. What did hooks realize about love as a child?

5. Why does hooks encourage people to commit to truth telling?

6. Why did an artist give hooks snapshots of his art?

7. What is self-assertiveness?

8. What about the possibilty of love scared hooks when she was younger?

9. Where do people turn to see expressions of love?

10. What did hooks first have to do in order to recover from a past of lovelessness?

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