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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 made hooks begin to think more critically about love?

2. What term does hooks use to describe her family?

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

4. What is the foundation of loving practice, according to hooks?

5. Why does hooks fear for young people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is hooks worried about young people?

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

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

4. What are young boys taught about emotion?

5. How does consumer culture encourage lies?

6. What university did hooks teach at briefly?

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

8. Where does hooks say we first learn about love?

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

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

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 hooks's analysis of toxic masculinity. What is toxic masculinity, and what does it have to do with love, according to hooks? What kinds of negative effects does the perpetuation of toxic masculinity in our culture have on one's chance to experience meaningful 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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