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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 mass media tend to dwell on, according to hooks?
(a) Love.
(b) Violence and domination.
(c) Sex.
(d) Romance.

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

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

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

5. Who wrote The Bluest Eye?
(a) Aurdre Lorde.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Claude McKay.
(d) James Baldwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary way hooks offers to resist greed?

2. What does hooks say of genuine love?

3. What does hooks refer to when she speaks of the divine spirit?

4. What does hooks say of spiritual practice?

5. What does commitment to spiritual life require, as defined by hooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does hooks say of spiritual life?

2. Why is listening an important part of communicating?

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

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

5. How does fear keep people from practicing love?

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

7. What does cynicism lead young people to believe about love?

8. What does it mean to live by a love ethic?

9. What did hooks unconsciously want from her partner of 15 years?

10. What does Toni Morrison say of romantic love in The Bluest Eye?

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