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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 say is largely absent from modern writing about love?
(a) The joys of love.
(b) The struggles of love.
(c) The importance of love.
(d) The politicization of love.

2. Who does hooks say do not do the work that love demands, more often than not?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Old people.

3. What does hooks write that addicts want?
(a) A release from pain.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Family.
(d) Alcohol.

4. What is the primary vehicle for promotion of greed, as identified by hooks?
(a) People.
(b) Mass media.
(c) Music.
(d) Movies.

5. Hooks writes that people can successfully utilize love how?
(a) By making friends.
(b) By finding God.
(c) By being nice to people.
(d) By cultivating awareness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks identify as a breeding ground for overconsumption?

2. How did hooks manage to thrive growing up despite her dysfunctional family?

3. What is a false notion of love, according to hooks?

4. What does hooks say about power in relationships?

5. What does hooks admit is hard to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Marianne Williamson?

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

5. What does hooks say is the best way to resist greed?

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

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

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

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

10. What does hooks say of power in relationships?

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