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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 hooks insist people not born knowing how to do?

2. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

3. What does hooks say cannot exist without love?

4. What did hooks realize as a child?

5. What is one of the reasons hooks points out that many people will not know love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What confused hooks about her childhood?

2. How does hooks define love?

3. What does hooks say cannot coexist with love?

4. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

5. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

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

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

8. Why is hooks worried about young people?

9. How does consumer culture encourage lies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore hooks's explanation of self-love. What is self-love according to hooks, and why is it important that every individual practice self-love? In what ways does the practice of self-love create new opportunities for people? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connections between love and community. What makes a community, and why is it important that everyone strive to be a part of one? In what ways is community essential to one's ability to love? Use examples from the text for support.

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