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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 happened to hooks at 40 years of age?

2. What does hooks say men utilize to subordinate women?

3. What is one myth about lovelessness?

4. What does hooks say is at the heart of justice?

5. What is one tactic men use to gain power in relationships?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where does hooks say we first learn about love?

7. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

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

9. What is self-assertiveness?

10. Why is hooks worried about young people?

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 lovelessness. What does it mean to be loveless and continue to perpetuate lovelessness? 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 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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