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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. Who is M. Scott Peck?

2. How does hooks believe adults should treat children?

3. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

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

5. Where do many people turn to see their yearnings of love expressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do children associate with love, according to hooks?

4. What is self-assertiveness?

5. Why is hooks worried about young people?

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

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

8. What university did hooks teach at briefly?

9. What does hooks believe all children are entitled to?

10. What confused hooks about her childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connection between love and service. What does hooks believe about the act of serving others? In what way is service to others ultimately beneficial to oneself? Use examples from the text for support.

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 hooks's analysis of the power dynamics that exist in relationships rooted in love (be they romantic or platonic). What role does power play in relationships that should be loving? In what ways can power be yielded in these relationships, and in what ways is this struggle for power ultimately damaging? Use examples from the text for support.

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