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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 is the foundation of loving practice, according to hooks?
(a) Charity.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Friendship.

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

3. What did hooks realize when she came close to death?
(a) That she was terminally ill.
(b) That she wanted to travel more.
(c) That she needed to write one more book.
(d) That she had not known love yet.

4. What does hooks say men utilize to subordinate women?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Psychological terrorism.
(d) Lying.

5. What does hooks offer as one good habit for anyone striving for self-acceptance?
(a) Telling the truth.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Being nice to people.
(d) Affirmations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was hooks unable to experience love for many years?

2. What does hooks seek to know through this book?

3. What made hooks begin to think more critically about love?

4. Why should children learn how to be responsible, according to hooks?

5. What does hooks say needs to happen to create a loving culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do children learn about lying, according to hooks?

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

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

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

5. Why does hooks say love cannot exist among lies and secracy?

6. How does hooks define love?

7. How does consumer culture encourage lies?

8. What confused hooks about her childhood?

9. What are young boys taught about emotion?

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

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