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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 primary vehicle for promotion of greed, as identified by hooks?

2. What do pained people often believe will save them, according to hooks?

3. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. say about love?

4. What has Marianne Williamson criticized in her writing?

5. What does hooks say is healing to the spirit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does hooks say is the best way to resist greed?

2. What are the effects of isolation and loneliness according to hooks?

3. What does hooks say of spiritual life?

4. Who is Marianne Williamson?

5. What does awareness do for one's capacity to love, according to hooks?

6. Why does hooks like living in small towns?

7. How do men view love in a patriarchal culture?

8. What did Lil' Kim tell hooks about her thoughts on love?

9. What did hooks unconsciously want from her partner of 15 years?

10. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. say of the power of love?

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 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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore hooks's analysis of death, and particularly the way death is regarded -- or "worshiped" as she states -- in our culture. What connections does hooks draw between love and death, and what does she want her readers to understand about death and our collective fear of it? Use examples from the text for support.

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