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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 does hooks say is a crucial element of any social movement?

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

4. What was hooks personally given by an artist?

5. Why should children learn how to be responsible, according to hooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

2. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

3. How does consumer culture encourage lies?

4. What are young boys taught about emotion?

5. Why is hooks worried about young people?

6. What is self-assertiveness?

7. What university did hooks teach at briefly?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the connection between love and fear. What role does fear play in love practice? According to hooks, in what ways does fear hold one back from experiencing true love? 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 in which you explore hooks's definition of true love. What is true love according to hooks? What needs to happen in order for a person to be able to experience true love? Use examples from the text for support.

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