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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 can love not coexist with?

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

3. What does living consciously mean, according to hooks?

4. What is hooks reminded of every day when she goes into her kitchen?

5. What does hooks identify as the original school of love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does hooks say cannot coexist with love?

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

5. What confused hooks about her childhood?

6. What are young boys taught about emotion?

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

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

9. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

10. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 the way hooks draws connections between love and healing. What does healing (from trauma, from the past, from lovelessness, etc.) entail, and why is it necessary in the practice of love? Use examples from the text for support.

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