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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 does consumer culture trick people into thinking?

2. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

3. What does hooks say can heal wounds of the past?

4. What is a result of being unable to connect with others, according to hooks?

5. What do many people in our culture not know, according to hooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do people turn to see expressions of love?

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

3. What is self-acceptance, according to hooks?

4. What does hooks say cannot coexist with love?

5. What did hooks first have to do in order to recover from a past of lovelessness?

6. What did hooks realize about love as a child?

7. Why does hooks encourage people to commit to truth telling?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore familial love. In particular, what is particularly unique about familial love, and why is it extremely valuable and somewhat complicated? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the connection between love and forgiveness. Why does hooks believe forgiveness is a vital part of love practice? What does forgiveness make space for in loving relationships? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

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

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