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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 does hooks admit is hard to do?
(a) Resist the temptations of greed.
(b) Find a job.
(c) Make a family.
(d) Be nice to people.

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

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

4. What does hooks think society fears most?
(a) God.
(b) Truth.
(c) Love.
(d) Failure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second step, identified by hooks, on love's path?

2. What does hook write that the cultural emphasis on consumption deflect attention from?

3. Who wrote Stength to Love?

4. Why is listening important for loving practice, according to hooks?

5. Who is Erich Fromm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does hooks say everyone needs to be in touch with in order to practice loving?

2. How do men view love in a patriarchal culture?

3. In what ways does loving practice involve decision-making, according to hooks?

4. Who is Marianne Williamson?

5. What does awareness do for one's capacity to love, according to hooks?

6. What does hooks say of power in relationships?

7. Why does hooks like living in small towns?

8. What are the effects of isolation and loneliness according to hooks?

9. What does hooks say is largely absent from modern writing?

10. What does hooks say is the value of loving friendships?

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