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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first step in the process of loving for hooks?

2. What stopped happening to hooks when she was a child?

3. When, according to hooks, do people learn how to lie?

4. What does hooks insist people not born knowing how to do?

5. Who does hooks particularly admire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does consumer culture encourage lies?

4. What confused hooks about her childhood?

5. What about the possibilty of love scared hooks when she was younger?

6. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

7. What university did hooks teach at briefly?

8. Why did an artist give hooks snapshots of his art?

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

10. What does hooks say cannot coexist with love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the connection between love and capitalism. What is capitalism, and what are some of the major negative effects capitalism has on society's understanding of love? What does living in a capitalist society do (or not do) for our collective love practice? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connections between love and honesty. Why is honesty an vital component of love practice? Use examples from the text for support.

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