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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 believe about God?
(a) He is not real.
(b) He is real.
(c) He is not love.
(d) He is love.

2. What does hooks write is an important part of communication?
(a) Expressing opinions.
(b) Active listening.
(c) Talking.
(d) Writing.

3. Where is a good place to learn the power of community, according to hooks?
(a) Work.
(b) The extended family.
(c) College.
(d) Church.

4. What does hooks believe people should try to live by?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The Bible.
(c) A love ethic.
(d) A moral code.

5. What is easier to fulfill than emotional needs, according to hooks?
(a) Career goals.
(b) Nothing is easier to fulfill than emotional needs.
(c) Sexual desires.
(d) Material desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Stength to Love?

2. What, according to hooks, does embracing love entail?

3. What is the heartbeat of genuine love, according to hooks?

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

5. What is a primary way to end oppression and domination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lil' Kim tell hooks about her thoughts on love?

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

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

4. Why is hooks distrustful of mass media?

5. What do people need to invest in to know genuine love, according to hooks?

6. Why do people tend to give into consumer culture?

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

8. What does hooks say of power in relationships?

9. What does hooks say of spiritual life?

10. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. say of the power of love?

(see the answer keys)

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