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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 is the first step in the process of loving for hooks?

2. Who is M. Scott Peck?

3. What made hooks begin to think more critically about love?

4. What negates love, according to hooks?

5. What do dictionary definitions of love tend to emphasize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

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

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

4. What university did hooks teach at briefly?

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

6. Why does hooks say it is easier for men to lie?

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

8. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

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

10. Why did an artist give hooks snapshots of his art?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore hooks's concept of "love ethic." What is a love ethic, and why does hooks advocate for living by a love ethic? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connections between love and loss. What are the different ways one can experience loss? In what ways does loss teach us about love? 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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